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China Europe International Business School

Shanghai, China
Phase I completed 1999; Phase II completed 2004

Academic and residential campus for leading international business school
 

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The four-hectare CEIBS Campus provides international-standard teaching, research and residential facilities for the school's MBA, EMBA and Executive Development programs. Acknowledging initial funding limits and the likelihood of future growth, the design permits phased construction, without disruption of school activities.

Four key elements are involved: 1) a modular organizational grid, 2) a large L-shaped central garden enclosed by a six-meter-high arcaded walkway, 3) an adjacent zone for school buildings, each linked by the arcaded walkway, and 4) a perimeter zone providing vehicular access and parking on all sides of the campus. The buildings are arrayed around the garden for functional adjacency and to foster lively interaction. Their uniform 15-meter height, together with their shared materials and details, collectively creates a memorable campus identity. The library alone asserts a strong figural presence, affirming its role as the school's symbolic heart.

The most important principle governing the design is the primacy of open space over buildings. The extensive garden landscape and its enclosing arcade are intended to affirm those values that underlie the CEIBS educational mission: communication, teamwork, social and ecological responsibility, and harmony born of mutual respect in the increasingly fruitful partnership between China and the West.

Major Components

(Phase I): library, academic center, dining halls, 3 residence halls, central garden, arcaded walkway connections

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners services

Master Planning, Programming, Architectural Design, Construction Documents Review, Interior Design, Periodic Construction Monitoring

Associate Architect

ECADI — East China Architectural Design & Research Institute, Pudong Branch

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