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Xingzhi College Zhejiang Normal University Library, China United Engineering Corporation Limited | International Design Awards Winners

Xingzhi College Zhejiang Normal University Library

CompanyChina United Engineering Corporation Limited

Lead DesignersChuanhong Jiang,Ye Guo,Jie Wang

Design TeamChuanhong Jiang,Ye Guo, Jie Wang, Xiaojun Fang,Zhanhao Zhou,Xin Lin,Tao Zhou,Kewen Sun,Hao Wu,Peng Lin,Xiujuan Qin,Lei Lu, Zhengliao Ding

Project Location Lanxi City, Jinhua, Zhejiang

CreditsPhotographer：AOGVISION

Prize(s)Silver in Educational Architecture Design / Educational Libraries

Entry Description

The project site is located in Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province, China, which has been known since ancient times for its abundant orchid production. Nowadays, the orchid serves as the city's flower. The Xingzhi College has adopted the planning concept of "Knowledge flows like a stream; virtue blooms like an orchid," with the library being the core embodiment of this philosophy.
The main axis of the campus, akin to Orchid Avenue, mimics the opening and closing of orchid leaves, while the library, at the heart of the spatial sequence, blossoms like an orchid flower. The essence and structure of the