It’s Built, Finally

The following images are from a conceptual phase project presentation I made in 2014. The project was commissioned by the Jiading district education bureau of Shanghai. It was for two adjacent schools. They were completed in 2017 and open to the public in the 2018 school year.

The design architect was Guillermo Bosque. I was the project director. Construction drawing and field administration provided by our local affiliated design institute(LDI). Both Guillermo and I left China in 2015.

The project was so well thought and designed, the conceptual proposal was approved as it was presented.

We had some great concepts going into the design that don’t usually have in the average local schools.

• Common space for kids to communicate and play
• Sustainability in terms of all-natural light interior, classrooms facing north for no glare, north-south orientation for natural ventilation (Public schools in Shanghai are not air-conditioned)
• Outdoor play area
• Pedestrian and vehicle drop-off and pick-up area to relieve street traffic impact