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Based in Shanghai, NAN Architects produces creative offices, R&D facilities, and exhibition pavilions marked by expressive structural geometries, combining branching piers, pinched facades, and rotated volumes with stark transitions between perforated brick and lightweight glass gables. This work serves as a strong reference when detailing sculptural external circulation, configuring expressively tapered structural supports, or resolving tectonic shifts between solid masonry and soaring glazed enclosures.

Exterior view of a multi-level white kindergarten building with curved openings, roof terraces, and tall residential high-rises in the background.

重庆-弹子石幼儿园_调整大小

上海

An exterior precedent for low-rise educational architecture featuring organic massing, multi-level play terraces, and clean white volumes set against high-density urban context.

What we like about this project
Playground equipment integrated directly into the upper-level roof decks and outdoor walkways.

Materials

  • stucco
  • glass
  • steel
  • painted-metal

Visual identifiers

  • curved-openings
  • white-stucco
  • rooftop-terraces
  • stepped-massing

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • organic
  • institutional
  • playful

Visual tags

  • educational
  • playful
  • low-rise
  • urban-infill
  • terraced-roof
Geometry
Stepped, sprawling low-rise pavilion composition featuring horizontal floor plates, undulating white volumes, and integrated rooftop play decks.
Facade system
White rendered exterior wall system with continuous ribbon glazing and punched arched openings.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with cantilevered floor slabs forming the terraces.
Spatial scale
Human-scaled low-rise educational facility set against towering urban apartment blocks.
Lighting
Bright, direct daylight casting sharp shadows across white curved facades and roof rails.
Atmosphere
Optimistic, bright, and porous educational environment contrasting with the rigid surrounding high-rises.
Environmental context
Urban infill setting with an elevated street foreground, dense tree line, and a backdrop of high-rise residential towers.
Spatial experience
The building presents a fragmented yet playful massing that opens up to exterior terraces and play yards at multiple levels, contrasting with the dense vertical high-rises behind.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal terraced bands broken up by recurring curved window assemblies and vertical safety railings.
Style reading
Contemporary organic institutional architecture
Program
Kindergarten or early childhood educational facility
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
stucco, glass, steel, painted-metal
Visual identifiers
curved-openings, white-stucco, rooftop-terraces, stepped-massing
Style tags
contemporary, organic, institutional, playful
Visual tags
educational, playful, low-rise, urban-infill, terraced-roof
Geometry
Stepped, sprawling low-rise pavilion composition featuring horizontal floor plates, undulating white volumes, and integrated rooftop play decks.
Facade system
White rendered exterior wall system with continuous ribbon glazing and punched arched openings.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with cantilevered floor slabs forming the terraces.
Spatial scale
Human-scaled low-rise educational facility set against towering urban apartment blocks.
Lighting
Bright, direct daylight casting sharp shadows across white curved facades and roof rails.
Atmosphere
Optimistic, bright, and porous educational environment contrasting with the rigid surrounding high-rises.
Environmental context
Urban infill setting with an elevated street foreground, dense tree line, and a backdrop of high-rise residential towers.
Spatial experience
The building presents a fragmented yet playful massing that opens up to exterior terraces and play yards at multiple levels, contrasting with the dense vertical high-rises behind.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal terraced bands broken up by recurring curved window assemblies and vertical safety railings.
Style reading
Contemporary organic institutional architecture
Program
Kindergarten or early childhood educational facility
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior view of a multi-level white kindergarten building with curved openings, roof terraces, and tall residential high-rises in the background.

重庆-弹子石幼儿园_调整大小

上海

An exterior precedent for low-rise educational architecture featuring organic massing, multi-level play terraces, and clean white volumes set against high-density urban context.

What we like about this project
Playground equipment integrated directly into the upper-level roof decks and outdoor walkways.

Materials

  • stucco
  • glass
  • steel
  • painted-metal

Visual identifiers

  • curved-openings
  • white-stucco
  • rooftop-terraces
  • stepped-massing

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • organic
  • institutional
  • playful

Visual tags

  • educational
  • playful
  • low-rise
  • urban-infill
  • terraced-roof
Geometry
Stepped, sprawling low-rise pavilion composition featuring horizontal floor plates, undulating white volumes, and integrated rooftop play decks.
Facade system
White rendered exterior wall system with continuous ribbon glazing and punched arched openings.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with cantilevered floor slabs forming the terraces.
Spatial scale
Human-scaled low-rise educational facility set against towering urban apartment blocks.
Lighting
Bright, direct daylight casting sharp shadows across white curved facades and roof rails.
Atmosphere
Optimistic, bright, and porous educational environment contrasting with the rigid surrounding high-rises.
Environmental context
Urban infill setting with an elevated street foreground, dense tree line, and a backdrop of high-rise residential towers.
Spatial experience
The building presents a fragmented yet playful massing that opens up to exterior terraces and play yards at multiple levels, contrasting with the dense vertical high-rises behind.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal terraced bands broken up by recurring curved window assemblies and vertical safety railings.
Style reading
Contemporary organic institutional architecture
Program
Kindergarten or early childhood educational facility
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
stucco, glass, steel, painted-metal
Visual identifiers
curved-openings, white-stucco, rooftop-terraces, stepped-massing
Style tags
contemporary, organic, institutional, playful
Visual tags
educational, playful, low-rise, urban-infill, terraced-roof
Geometry
Stepped, sprawling low-rise pavilion composition featuring horizontal floor plates, undulating white volumes, and integrated rooftop play decks.
Facade system
White rendered exterior wall system with continuous ribbon glazing and punched arched openings.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with cantilevered floor slabs forming the terraces.
Spatial scale
Human-scaled low-rise educational facility set against towering urban apartment blocks.
Lighting
Bright, direct daylight casting sharp shadows across white curved facades and roof rails.
Atmosphere
Optimistic, bright, and porous educational environment contrasting with the rigid surrounding high-rises.
Environmental context
Urban infill setting with an elevated street foreground, dense tree line, and a backdrop of high-rise residential towers.
Spatial experience
The building presents a fragmented yet playful massing that opens up to exterior terraces and play yards at multiple levels, contrasting with the dense vertical high-rises behind.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal terraced bands broken up by recurring curved window assemblies and vertical safety railings.
Style reading
Contemporary organic institutional architecture
Program
Kindergarten or early childhood educational facility
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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