南京学校
上海
An educational architecture precedent showcasing a porous, multi-level structural grid with integrated outdoor circulation and athletic integration by Yanfei Architects.
- What we like about this project
- A large electronic scoreboard embedded directly into the central open volume framing the athletic ground view.
Materials
- concrete
- glass
- steel
Visual identifiers
- open-colonnade
- multi-level-balcony
- structural-grid
- school-architecture
- concrete-frame
Style tags
- contemporary
- modernist
- rationalist
Visual tags
- institutional
- educational
- porous
- colonnade
- outdoor-circulation
- mass-timber-or-concrete
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story framework featuring layered open-air circulation balconies, recessed glazed classrooms, and a large central multi-purpose sports/assembly volume.
- Facade system
- Open concrete or composite structural frame with recessed glazed curtain walls and perforated circulation decks.
- Structural guess
- Post-and-beam concrete or heavy timber frame supporting multi-tier floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Large institutional scale spanning four visible levels, punctuated by human figures and sports infrastructure.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight highlighting the deep structural grid and casting soft shadows across the multi-level terraces.
- Atmosphere
- Open, airy, and functional institutional atmosphere emphasizing daylight and porous circulation.
- Environmental context
- Urban school campus setting with an adjacent running track and sports ground foreground.
- Spatial experience
- Open colonnades and wide exterior corridors create deep threshold spaces that connect indoor learning areas directly to the athletic field.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical column spacing combined with strong horizontal slab and balcony banding.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modernist institutional grid
- Program
- School campus with sports facilities and classrooms
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, glass, steel
- Visual identifiers
- open-colonnade, multi-level-balcony, structural-grid, school-architecture, concrete-frame
- Style tags
- contemporary, modernist, rationalist
- Visual tags
- institutional, educational, porous, colonnade, outdoor-circulation, mass-timber-or-concrete
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story framework featuring layered open-air circulation balconies, recessed glazed classrooms, and a large central multi-purpose sports/assembly volume.
- Facade system
- Open concrete or composite structural frame with recessed glazed curtain walls and perforated circulation decks.
- Structural guess
- Post-and-beam concrete or heavy timber frame supporting multi-tier floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Large institutional scale spanning four visible levels, punctuated by human figures and sports infrastructure.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight highlighting the deep structural grid and casting soft shadows across the multi-level terraces.
- Atmosphere
- Open, airy, and functional institutional atmosphere emphasizing daylight and porous circulation.
- Environmental context
- Urban school campus setting with an adjacent running track and sports ground foreground.
- Spatial experience
- Open colonnades and wide exterior corridors create deep threshold spaces that connect indoor learning areas directly to the athletic field.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical column spacing combined with strong horizontal slab and balcony banding.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modernist institutional grid
- Program
- School campus with sports facilities and classrooms
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture