The Gymnasium of Donghua University is actually a playground in all-weather. For the sake of the limited investment, this gym mainly depends on natural light and natural ventilation. The net height of the iterior space also uses the lowest data that architectural standard admits.
As a result, this gym becomes a kind of between-mass, which means:
Between interior and exterior
Between formal and temporary
Between housing and landscape
Between entity and mural
Between building and construction…
All these were decided by the project’s inner problems and the way used to settle them…

Location: University town of Songjiang, Shanghai
Client: Donghua University
Architects: Chaox Architects Studio, Shanghai
Chief Architect: Luo Siwei
Floor Area: about 10,587 sqm
Structural Quality: Frame structure of steel and reinforced concrete
Design Period: 2005.3-2005.10
Construction Period: 2005.12-2006.10
Total cost: about 30 million RMB

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