Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhang District Building, Zhejiang Province Architecture, Campus Development
Hangzhou Normal University in the Yuhang District
Contemporary Campus Buildings in China – design by WSP ARCHITECTS
19 Apr 2018
Hangzhou Normal University
Design: WSP ARCHITECTS
Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
The Campus City· an Integrated Campus Complex for Hangzhou Normal University

Century-old Hangzhou Normal University builds a new campus five kilometers west of the Xixi Wetland. Here, there is a typical river network in the south of the Yangtze River. One kilometer west of the University is the Warehouse Street of nearly nine hundred years of historical heritage; Water Silk Cotton was once prominent.
The new campus planning consists of more than a dozen independent but fully open colleges, whose architectural style are different, forming a rich puzzle. In the center of these colleges, the planner arranged a core area complex for all the colleges, including administrative center, archives, adult education centre, institute of Hangzhou urbanization, center library, teacher and student activity center, hotel and reception center, international conference center, theatre and central plaza; these are the design tasks we are facing.

Concepts and ideas start with urban design. First of all, a huge site is divided into several smaller-scaled blocks, which are completely open to each other and closely connected to surrounding colleges. Each block is based up...