French studio Dominique Perrault Architecture and local architect Zhubo Design are set to design a university campus with a 700-metre-long building for the Shenzhen Institute of Design and Innovation.
Set to be built in a valley at the base of  Phoenix Mountain, Dominique Perrault Architects and Zhubo Design's campus will contain academic buildings, public squares, gardens, sheltered promenades as well as student and teacher housing.
Top: Shenzhen Institute of Design and Innovation by Dominique Perrault Architects and Zhubo Design. Above: a 700-metre-long building will stretch along the base of the mountain
The 300,000 square-metre campus for the Shenzhen Institute of Design and Innovation aims to become a local landmark and will feature a 700-metre linear building. Wrapped in vertical bars, the building will protrude from the base of the mountain and be raised above the ground on a series of columns.
The campus is located within a mountain valley
"The project is integrated into the landscape, and preserves the legibility of its horizontal structure, ensuring that no prominent architectural element would disturb this plateau geography," said Dominique Perrault Architects.

"Hung above the ground, the main volume maintains visual transparency at pedestrian level, and its compact height guarantees views towards the great landscape."
A large amphitheatre connects the campus with the surrounding area
The main building, or "hyper-roof", will ...