English First Mega Centre
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Citation
HKIA journal: the official journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (香港建築師學報), no.52, 2008, pp. 62-63
Abstract
English First Mega Centre is a recent project in Shanghai for an English language training school. With an area of 5,100㎡, the school occupies two levels of a commerical podium, linked by an eight meter high atrium. The lower level is used for teaching and the upper level is the faculties and administration office. With a concept that learning takes place not only inside the classrooms but more imprtantly should be among the students, we focused the design on a series of open recreation spaces like café, snooker area, stadium, lounges, etc, where students and faculties can interact. The atrium, the symbolic centre of the school where the students and faculties are divided onto two floors, was converted into a stepped stadium which links the two floors physically, resulting in a gathering space where movies are screened in the evening. Suspended over the stadium is the boardroom with a glazed opening in the middle of the floor with a view back into the stadium. Substantial structural modification was done in order to create this interactive space.
Description
Building Name: English First Mega Centre
Building Type(s): Study centres
Architect: CL3
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Article
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Date
2008
Language
en