Shunde Primary School

2014 | Shunde, Guangdong, China | Community, Education

A campus as a second home.

Shunde Primary School is a new boarding school with an enrollment of 2400 students. For these young children, the campus is not only a place for classes; it is a second home. We started to think of the school grounds as memorable, formative spaces that backdrop moments of school life.

  • Awards

    Singapore Design Awards 2015 – Asia’s Top Design Practice

    The Plan Awards 2015 – Shortlisted, Education

    World Architecture Festival 2015 – Shortlisted, Completed Buildings (Schools)

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We wanted to give the school a strong character. The campus exterior is vivid terracotta, made of local bricks, and marked by white diamond patterns that give it a distinct and memorable identity.

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The classroom and student residence blocks are connected on all levels by a series of bridges—these are requisite fire escape routes that children would, later in adulthood, remember as impromptu play spaces.

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Shunde is a new school in a progressive and fast-changing Chinese city so it is important that the school is future-proof and adaptable for changing use. Having connected blocks gives the school the option to transition to flexible learning in time to come.

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