BAU were selected through invited competition to design a combined 24-class kindergarten and 48-class primary school on the rapidly urbanizing fringe of Suzhou New District.

Previous BAU school projects have lead to outcomes of buildings as figures on a ground of open space. With this project (a primary school and a kindergarten on a smaller site) the figure ground plan can be perceived as the reverse – open space as figures in a ground of building – more Circus Maximus or Piazza Navona than Levittown or Oak Park.

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Design Firm: BAU Brearley Architects+Urbanists
Discipline: Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Project location: Dayang Mountain, Suzhou New District, Suzhou, Jiangsu
Status: Completed 2020
Client: Suzhou Science and Technology City Social Service Center
Typology: Education
Program: Kindergarten (24 classes), primary school (Yr1-6, 48 classes), canteen, sports and activities hall.

Video credit: Xiazhi

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