Hangzhou Yuhang Second Senior Middle School Expansion | Hangzhou, China | 2021

Architects: Zhejiang University Urban-Rural Planning and Design Institute Co., Ltd.
Lead: Mao Lianping
Client: Hangzhou Yuhang Second Senior Middle School
Photographers: Ke Jianbo and Mao Lianping
Design Team: Lin Shangliang, Zhang Jialiang, Mao Meixiang, Chen Yinjun, Sun Yiyuan, Chen Yiping, Mao Mengjun, and Chen Zhenda
Associate Architect: Jin Xin
Contractor: Hangzhou Yiwei Ancient Garden Engineering Co. Ltd.

The project’s users should pay more attention to the “impression” of space than to the “architectural image.” In order to meet the ground building function on the limited land, the existing green space was raised and transformed into a roof park.

The grassy slope connected with the ground makes it easy for people to reach. The main rectangular structure of the library is raised to three floors above, and it is suspended like an aerial think tank.

This horizontal structure intersects and overlaps with the vertical structure of the ground floor under the roof to form a more integrated campus layout.