Embraced by a dynamic city fabric that located in between the Shenzhen CBD and Hong Kong, Xinsha is an old neighbourhood with narrow valleys under rapid urban regeneration. With the aim of enhancing the local education standard, Aedas Executive Director Chris Chen and Founder and Chairman Keith Griffiths have led the team to design the Futian Hongling Mangrove School, as a new sustainable campus that integrates the city.
To implement a modern learning model, the design provides a plenitude of outdoor learning spaces instead of traditional indoor learning environment. It creates ‘Three Loops’ that connects the classrooms, recreational spaces and social area as a huge interactive campus, namely ‘Knowledge Loop’, ‘Social Loop’ and ‘Physical Loop’. The integration encourages interaction and outdoor learning to foster an efficient learning process. ‘The layout facilitates an all-rounded development of students, which also signifies a continuous and interconnected learning loop.’ Chris describes.
