Designed by Moore Ruble Yudell, Located on a prominent site adjacent to two of Shanghai’s principal connections to the Pudong – Shanghai International Airport, and centered within the Zhang Jiang Science and Technology Park, the new campus for the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is an iconic symbol of the region’s exciting growth in the high-tech field while simultaneously creating an innovative, memorable and humane place for study and research.. The new university campus is a vibrant hub of activity bringing students, faculty, administration, as well as, business and research leaders into joint entrepreneurial pursuits furthering the richness of the campus experience.
Photography: Colins Lozada
While great universities are primarily known for the quality of their academic and research pursuits, the physical setting greatly contributes to the faculty, student, researcher and visitor experience and the institution’s sense of Identity.  The built and landscaped environment, through the quality of materials used and the shaping of space, creates it is being a Memorable Place.  Great campuses around the world are known for this memorable quality which often develops from a set of richly landscaped spaces and structures clad in a palette of locally sourced materials.  Rather than style, the underlying consistent use of materials, patterns, textures, and colors allows for flexibility and growth unifying structures of varying sca...