The project showcases the first “Passive House” school building in Beijing, also the first public school in China designed for “Learning Anywhere Anytime”. The learning community, centered with the Grade Lounge, constitutes the basic space unit, forming a series of “boxes” including the library, gymnasium and other venues, as well as variety of triangular courtyards to introduce natural light and ventilation. This generative design process creates a multi-dimensional, multi-centered system of learning communities, completely breaking through the conventional “Cell & Bell” based finger plan.
