Designing for a Paradigm Shift| Brearley Architects+Urbanists

Brearley Architects+Urbanists (BAU) break through the conservative pedagogy of public schools in Shanghai by designing for a less formal, enquiry-based approach… A learning centre should ideally be shaped for joy, play and dreaming. Public schools in Shanghai are conservative in their pedagogy and factory-like in their architecture. The new Chonggu Experimental School, however, provides the potential for a paradigm shift in formal expression. Inspired by the site’s canal and by the lyrical drawings of late architect, Zhang Zai Yuan, the formal language of the school is dream-like, another world, a world of innovation, creativity, and difference. The familiar school typology […]