Sustainability Concept

Natural Light

We guarantee every room enjoying natural light: entrance hall as a glass box, lecture hall has openings on three directions' elevations, computer lab receive natural light through courtyard under ground.

Green Roof

The roof garden is the symbol that we aimed to open the whole addition to the campus, entrance (stairs) to the roof also obvious from the common circulation to the building.

Sustainable Material

On the material choice, there are three main materials in the new addition part: steel structure, timber and glass facade system, every material we applied is sustainable and changable.

Recyle Water Drainage

Water drainage system including edges of glass roof, the single-slope on the roof garden and transfer rain through tubes inside columns of the lecture hall and recyle from underground storage.

Ventilation System

Ventilation system for the two new classrooms is designed individual together with relative machines in techinical room, whereas for glass entrance hall is combined with existed building ventilation.

Solar Energy

On the roof of glass volume, we applied solar panels not only for shadows from sunlight but also for low-carbon life and recycled energy concept in the new construction part.

Salor Analysis

We collected our solar study using Rhino (ladybug) for the overall site analysis and the selected building solar analysis. It is critical to carry out these solar analyses as our extension is located to the north of the existing building with a glazed box as a transition space. We applied solar glazing panels to the roof of the box to avoid excessive solar radiation causing excessive interior temperatures.

We also noticed that the wooden facade of the auditorium absorbed a moderate amount of solar radiation so we could consider the lecture hall to have a better indoor quality.

Shadow Analysis

We simulated the daytime solar exposure and the distribution of shadows on the summer and winter solstices, respectively. The overall sunlight is sufficient in the summer can we could consider the outdoor green space and the roof garden to have a good atmosphere for activities. Besides, we also found that the new extension part to the north still enjoys more daylight in the winter, even though it is less than in the summer.

Time: Summer solstice day

Time: Winter solstice day