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2025 | Professional

French Design Awards Platinum Winner

Hainan Lingshui Li'an International Education Zone Library

Entrant Company

​Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd. (TJAD)​​

Category

Architectural Design - Educational

Client's Name

Hainan Lingshui Li'an International Education Innovation Experimental Zone Development and Construction Co., Ltd.

Country / Region

China

I. Conceptual Framework
Co-developed by China’s Ministry of Education and Hainan Province, the ​Hainan Lingshui Li'an International Education Innovation Pilot Zone​ represents the nation’s pioneering initiative to integrate multiple universities for Sino-foreign collaborative education. Breaking away from traditional isolated campus planning, the zone adopts a ​​“large-shared + small-college”​​ model, where core facilities—including the library, sports complexes, dormitories, and dining halls—are shared across the entire academic community. Positioned along the campus’s central axis, the ​Library (International Learning Center)​​ serves as one of nine Phase I landmark projects. Designed to accommodate 30,000 students from diverse global academic backgrounds within an 80,000-square-meter structure, it addresses the dual challenges of functional complexity and cultural inclusivity.
II. Design Solutions
1. ​Multifunctional Cultural Hub​
Reimagining the traditional book-centric library, the Learning Center evolves into a ​cultural hybrid​ that fosters interdisciplinary interaction. Five petal-shaped volumes house a multifunctional hall, lecture theaters, book cafés, and auxiliary facilities, creating a dynamic ecosystem for academic and social exchange. Responding to the site’s 15-meter elevation differential, the design divides the terrain into three north-south terraces. By integrating entrances at varying elevations with functional zoning, the project achieves optimal earthwork balance, streamlines circulation, and complies with fire safety regulations.
2. ​Vertical Shared Learning Networks​
Embracing the growing role of informal learning, the architecture redefines spatial pedagogy. Stepped rooftop terraces form ​open-air collaborative gardens, while a ​​“Forest Reading Room”​​ seamlessly connects indoor and outdoor study environments. Landscape design harmonizes with natural topography, using tiered greenbelts and plant islands to create interconnected ​eco-learning hubs. These spaces encourage spontaneous interaction, blending education with ecological engagement.
3. ​Cultural Identity: Hainan Blossom​
The architecture embodies Hainan’s educational vision through the abstracted form of the provincial flower, ​bougainvillea. Its layered, upward-curving silhouette symbolizes the fusion of local heritage and global innovation. The façade integrates two cultural narratives: vertical louvers encode the rhythmic patterns of Hainan folk songs, while ground-floor fenestration reinterprets the Li ethnic group’s ​Gangong bird totem—a symbol of prosperity—through contemporary geometric motifs. This dual-layer symbolism transforms the building into a ​​“memory bank”​​ that bridges tradition and modernity.

Credits

professor-level senior engineer, chief designer, project manager
Tu Huijun
professor-level senior engineer, project leader
Li Zhenyu
senior engineer, chief designer
Pan Zhaohui
assistant architect, architectural design
Tang Peipei
senior engineer, head of architectural specialty
Zhang Jia
Structural Discipline Leader
Zhu Liang
Structural Discipline Leader
He Xinwei
Plumbing Discipline Leader
Xu Zhongjun
Plumbing Discipline Leader
Ren Jun
HVAC Discipline Leader
Qian Bihua
HVAC Discipline Leader
Wang Xiaomei
Electrical & ELV Discipline Leader
An Shichao
Electrical & ELV Discipline Leader
Li Yuzhi
Assistant Architect
Zhang Tianlin
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