Dulwich College Suzhou opened its doors in 2007. It has grown over the years into a K-12 campus with a High-School branch offering an A-Level program for around 1,000. Dulwich chose VIRTUARCH as its long-term cooperation partner to design the new A-Level Building for Dulwich International High-School in Suzhou due to the success of the previous campus extension project for the neighboring Dulwich College campus.
Dulwich encourages an international outlook amongst its students, creating a community in which academic skills are fostered, creativity is valued, and diversity is celebrated. VIRTUARCH created an inspiring campus environment by combining innovative and student-oriented architecture design, interior design and landscape design within a limited space.
The Dulwich International High-School Suzhou campus covers a plot area of 20,580 square meters and has a total floor area of 23,000 square meters. Core of the project is a teaching building for 1,000 students and 80 teachers. VIRTUARCH designed a high-density school building fulfilling all functional and educational requirements. The new compact constellation of the buildings allows it to blend into the overall pattern of the campus, ensuring that the green environment as a key quality could be maintained.
Serving as Both Miniature City and Urban Garden
The new Dulwich International High-School Building is positioned at the East of the Dulwich College Senior School facilities which already includes important shared facilities such as the swimming pool, the theatre and the outdoor sports facilities. These shared facilities allowed VIRTUARCH to optimize the new teaching building to the maximum.