深圳市宝安中学（集团）第二实验学校 / 华阳国际

高密度下的立体生长范式：该项目在容积率超过4.0的极限条件下，成功突破了传统“平面铺展”的校园模式，创造了“立体社区”的设计范式。通过借鉴坡地建筑原理，将高体量拆解并垂直叠加，并在消防规范允许下实现了功能的最优化整合。这种创新性的空间组织不仅解决了极度紧张的建设用地问题，更重要的是，它将运动场、教学空间和交流区域自然地延伸至不同层面，使校园成为一个真正意义上“向上生长”的学习共同体，极大地丰富了师生的日常体验和互动模式。

“天空知城”的垂直空间策略：设计以“天空知城”为核心理念，构建了一个由基座、架空层和高空教学单元构成的三维立体学堂。特别值得称道的是其“双首层”设计，巧妙地利用10米高差，在基座之上释放了一层架空公共活动空间，这被视为“将失去的地面还给学生”。这种分层处理不仅有效消解了高密度带来的压迫感，更通过云朵般轻盈的基座形态，成功营造了开放、复合且充满活力的学习环境，体现了对未来教育空间需求的深刻洞察。

7级空间层级的互动与融合：在满足功能需求的基础上，设计通过“多层次空间策略”构建了7个连续的活动空间层级，从城市地面到屋顶花园，实现了功能的高效叠加和流线整合。这种垂直整合不仅最大化利用了用地，更创造出更具共享性、互动性和参与性的景观场地。资源中心的设计通过轻盈的体块组合和通达地面的下沉庭院，打破了传统基座的厚重感，营造出灵动的视觉节奏和建筑的“呼吸感”，是高密度城市背景下公共空间精神塑造的典范。

In Shenzhen, the spatial pattern of school buildings is undergoing a transformation from "planar spreading" to "vertical growth". Shenzhen Bao'an Middle School (Group) Second Experimental School is located at the Songgang Depot, where there is a 10-meter height difference across the site. Half of the site is on the roof of the subway depot building, which can only be used for laying out the site and not for construction. The other half requires a 12-meter setback in all directions, resulting in only 12,800 square meters of usable construction land, upon which 68,000 square meters of school functions must be built.
In Shenzhen, the spatial pattern of school buildings is undergoing a transformation from "planar spreading" to "vertical growth". Shenzhen Bao'an Middle School (Group) Second Experimental School is located at the Songgang Depot, where there is a 10-meter height difference across the site. Half of the site is on the roof of the subway depot building, which can only be used for laying out the site and not for construction. The other half requires a 12-meter setback in all directions, resulting in only 12,800 square meters of usable construction land, upon which 68,000 square meters of school functions must be built.

The extreme design conditions make it impossible for existing professional data to reflect the true density, making it arguably the densest public school building in China, and potentially pioneering a new paradigm for spatial organization in schools.
The extreme design conditions make it impossible for existing professional data to reflect the true density, making it arguably the densest public school building in China, and potentially pioneering a new paradigm for spatial organization in schools.

Under these premises, the lead architect did not passively accept the confined reality. Instead, taking the "Vertical Community" as the fundamental design principle and starting from the simple perspective of caring for students' daily use and mental health, they unfolded multi-dimensional spatial imagination. The most decisive element of the design proposal was borrowing from principles of hillside architecture, decomposing the originally approximately 40-meter-high building mass into two multi-story buildings stacked vertically, which was repeatedly argued and finally approved by the fire department.
Under these premises, the lead architect did not passively accept the confined reality. Instead, taking the "Vertical Community" as the fundamental design principle and starting from the simple perspective of caring for students' daily use and mental health, they unfolded multi-dimensional spatial imagination. The most decisive element of the design proposal was borrowing from principles of hillside architecture, decomposing the originally approximately 40-meter-high building mass into two multi-story buildings stacked vertically, which was repeatedly argued and finally approved by the fire department.

The sports field on the elevation difference, the stacked teaching and communication spaces, the connected three-dimensional circulation... Students' learning and activities are naturally extended to different levels, making the campus a truly "upward-growing" learning community. Since the school was completed and put into use for a year, the three-dimensional spatial layout has not only responded to the tight site conditions but has also reshaped the daily experience of teachers and students through multi-layered learning and activity spaces.
The sports field on the elevation difference, the stacked teaching and communication spaces, the connected three-dimensional circulation... Students' learning and activities are naturally extended to different levels, making the campus a truly "upward-growing" learning community. Since the school was completed and put into use for a year, the three-dimensional spatial layout has not only responded to the tight site conditions but has also reshaped the daily experience of teachers and students through multi-layered learning and activity spaces.

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SECTION
Sky Citadel: A Three-Dimensional School Above the Clouds

The design concept revolves around the "Sky Citadel," presenting a three-dimensional school with three spatial dimensions—lower, middle, and upper—vertically, fostering an open, composite, and vibrant campus environment. The podium accommodates various public teaching spaces merged into a resource center, which can trigger rich activity scenarios. Its formal treatment resembles a set of very light clouds; this is the first level.

Analysis Diagram

To address the 10-meter site height difference, the design adopts a "double ground floor" strategy, utilizing the podium to resolve the elevation change and create two ground levels. Above this is a full-level elevated activity space, returning the lost ground area to the students; this is the second level. The uppermost part consists of standard teaching units forming an elevated school in the sky, creating the image of a school among the clouds at a high altitude; this is the third level.
To address the 10-meter site height difference, the design adopts a "double ground floor" strategy, utilizing the podium to resolve the elevation change and create two ground levels. Above this is a full-level elevated activity space, returning the lost ground area to the students; this is the second level. The uppermost part consists of standard teaching units forming an elevated school in the sky, creating the image of a school among the clouds at a high altitude; this is the third level.

The design team strove to ensure that while the building provides various functions and scenarios, it must also alleviate the sense of oppression brought by the high-density environment, providing children with a campus environment where they can breathe freely. Simultaneously, the building responds to Shenzhen's local climate conditions, presenting the architectural character of Lingnan in the new era.
The design team strove to ensure that while the building provides various functions and scenarios, it must also alleviate the sense of oppression brought by the high-density environment, providing children with a campus environment where they can breathe freely. Simultaneously, the building responds to Shenzhen's local climate conditions, presenting the architectural character of Lingnan in the new era.

Section View

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SPACE
7 Levels of Spatial Hierarchy, Shaping the Spirit of Public Space

The core of school building development aligns with the needs of quality education, where architecture increasingly emphasizes public and shared spaces. As buildings extend vertically under high density, the integrity of the space is maintained. Combined with horizontal functional integration, high density can paradoxically create more shared, interactive, and participatory landscape sites.

Based on the three-level division, the architecture adopts a "multi-level spatial strategy," creatively combining "urban ground – resource center – elevated layer – library – aerial platform – teaching block – rooftop garden" to create 7 layers of activity spaces. This functional overlap achieves the most efficient and convenient functional flow and more vibrant campus scenes, while realizing a comprehensive three-dimensional green campus across various spatial levels.

The resource center is located on the ground level, breaking the heaviness of the podium through a relatively relaxed and casual combination of interlocking volumes. The BOX perforated panel facade is printed with light cloud patterns, which, under the contrast of light and shadow, make the building appear to float in the air, attempting to create a dynamic and layered visual rhythm, giving the upper building a sense of suspension. Meanwhile, the resource center has a large depth, accommodating large-scale facilities like auditoriums and gymnasiums traditionally found in campuses, staggered with supporting and activity spaces to form rich spatial variations. By implanting sunken courtyards that connect to the ground, the depth limitation of the podium is broken, creating a sense of "breathing" for the building.