Taipei European School Yangmingshan Campus, New Taipei Building, Educational Facility, Architecture Images
Taipei European School Yangmingshan Campus Redevelopment
Contemporary Taiwan Architectural Development – design by Aedas Architects
8 Jun 2017
European School Yangmingshan Campus
Architects: Aedas
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Andy Wen of Aedas-designed Taipei European School Yangmingshan Campus Redevelopment breaks ground

Designed by Andy Wen, Global Board Director of Aedas, the redevelopment of Taipei European School Yangmingshan Campus broke ground on 8 June 2017.

Located on the beautiful Yangmingshan in northern Taipei and adjacent to the famous Taipei Hwa Kang Arts School, the new campus for the international school will be a contemporary, vibrant campus that roots in traditional Taiwanese cultural and meets modern day demands for teaching and learning.
The project was recently named the 5-star Best Public Service Architecture in Taiwan at Asia Pacific Property Awards 2017 and will represent Asia Pacific to compete against other regional winners for the ultimate World?s Best at the year-end International Property Awards 2017.

The design of the buildings took local climatic conditions into account and drew inspiration from traditional Taiwanese book cases to develop a series of shading ?shells? on the elevation, symbolising the encasing of knowledge in book cases.

The laminated bamboo shell shading system reveals the contextual characteristics of Yangmin...