Project Information
Project Name: Shanghai Shenghua Zizhu Bilingual School Project
Location: Minhang District, Shanghai
Design Area: 28,000 m²
Design Period: December 2023 – September 2025
01 Administrative Building
Lighting unfolds across the top of the building, where some light strips stretch long and fluid, while others are short and refined. The roof form resembles a quietly opened book. Linear wall-washing lights follow the roof structure, creating an interplay of light and shadow.
Under the illumination, the clock tower appears like a time capsule suspended in the night sky. Warm yellow light gently flows along the spire, clock body, and eaves, outlining the building’s silhouette against the deep night sky. The lighting preserves the clock tower’s sense of dignity while adding a touch of warmth and dreamlike charm, allowing the structure to become both a visual and spiritual focal point after dark.
02 Sports Center
The lighting works in harmony with the folded surfaces and footprint-like triangular decorations, making the roof of the sports center resemble a box filled with dynamic energy, bursting with the passion of movement.
The sports center appears as a massive structure thoughtfully folded, with undulating planes that convey inherent strength and vitality. Perforated triangular elements interact with light and shadow along the folded surfaces, outlining an architectural form full of tension and momentum.
03 Art Center
At night, lighting becomes the defining artistic soul of the art center. The distinctive roof, formed by the fusion of a lotus-inspired dome and traditional Chinese eaves, is delicately outlined by warm, soft lighting, revealing elegance and refined character in every line.
The solidity of the stone façade and the transparency of the semi-circular glass curtain wall are balanced through lighting, echoing the petal-shaped roof above and creating a harmonious coexistence.
04 Art Center
The illumination extends to the roof grilles, where a strong sense of sequence is clearly expressed. The rhythmic arrangement resembles lively drumbeats, carrying an upbeat and dynamic cadence that reflects youthful vitality.
The combination of grilles and oval perforations brings visual richness to the façade. Under the subtle modulation of light, brightness and shadow flow through the grille gaps and oval openings. This interplay highlights the orderly beauty of the grilles while introducing movement and variation through the oval perforations, enhancing visual depth and layering.
