Modern Design for Modern Teaching
DULWICH COLLEGE BEIJING
Dulwich College Beijing is a 21st-century school equipped with modern teaching facilities, aiming to provide students with a well-rounded environment for growth, development, and learning. Dulwich College Beijing was named International School of the Year in 2011. In 2018 VIRTUARCH took the responsibility to expand and renovate the campus over the summer holidays. The focus was on the integration of the Early Years into the main campus and the renovation and upgrading of the library and public areas.
The Integration of Naturalistic Early Years
Early Years Library
In order to provide toddlers with holistic learning and playing space, VIRTUARCH reassigns several areas of Legend Campus to Early Years, including reception, nursery, and library. VIRTUARCH redesigned the layout in a systematic way to meet the needs of the students.
Early Years Library
Wooden materials dominate the interior design. The chosen warm brown serves as the theme color, while the space is also embellished with green plants to meet with Dulwich’s naturalistic approach.
Senior School Library: Loft-style Dynamic Learning
Senior School Library
Different from Early Years, the Senior School requires modern and flexible space to serve as both aggregation and teaching areas. According to this design concept, VIRTUARCH transforms the Senior School Library into a reading space with a loft-style area for studying and adds big skylights for natural illumination. Based on the original structure, quiet reading areas and discussion areas with audio/video equipments are separated on the ground floor. The Senior School Library provides both a wide selection of books and teaching freely accessible to the students and several multi-purpose corners for multimedia education. The loft-style design reflects contemporary learning needs for individuals and for groups.
Senior School Library
The theme color for Senior School library is red, creating a modern and lively atmosphere. The use of yellow, blue and other bright colors for desks, chairs, door frames and other parts adds vitality into the library.
A Brand New Space for Arts
Art department
The façade renovation has given VIRTUARCH the opportunity to realize fantastic new loft-style spaces, incorporating new classrooms to create a generous Economics department, while the Art department was moved next to the Senior School library in a sunlit area adjacent the inner courtyard and is provided with big rectangular skylights. The Art department adopts the main colors of black and white, providing a neutral background to better display students’ art works. Red accents are carefully set to give the space a special touch echoing the colors of the Senior School Library.
Art department
Dulwich College Beijing has set up a new framework of educational vision for the 21st century, while VIRTUARCH carefully expanded and renovated the campus to meet the needs of this leading international school in Beijing. The renovated new campus helps to boost the learning environment, and it is warmly welcomed by the teachers and students.
PROJECT NAME: DULWICH COLLEGE BEIJING SUMMER RENOVATION
CLIENT: DULWICH COLLEGE BEIJING
PROJECT ADDRESS: 89 CAPITAL AIRPORT ROAD, SHUNYI DISTRICT, BEIJING
INDUSTRY SECTOR: EDUCATION
TYPOLOGY: EXTENSION & RENOVATION
PROJECT SIZE: 6,000 sqm
PROJECT DATE: 2018
SERVICE: INTERIOR AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN, ARCHITECTURAL FACADE DESIGN, SITE VISITS
