This is a kindergarten located on a slope, facing the Daishan Primary School in the north and city roads in the east. The site has a large elevation and a limited area.

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Architects: Atelier Zhouling

Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Design Studio: School of Architecture And Urban Planning, Nanjing University /Atelier Zhouling, Nanjing Changjiang Metropolitan Design CO. Ltd

Area: 4279.6 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: HOU Bowen

Principal Architect: ZHOU Ling

Design Team: WU Shijia, YANG Hai, Wang Sujing?ZOU Feng, ZHANG Ru?Li Hongrui, Chen Tingting

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This is a kindergarten located on a slope, facing the Daishan Primary School in the north and city roads in the east. The site has a large elevation and a limited area.
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To make full use of land, the architects use terraces to set back the upper part of building, offering more outdoor playing fields and sufficient sunshine for each class at the same time.

Perspective Section

Inner courtyards in the middle provide abundant sunlight for Administration and services are on the north side of first floor. On the aspect of landscape design, every class has a green space for children to play with.

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The initial attempt is to try to reduce the volume of the building, ...