International Cooperative Education Building of USST / Le Architects

Located on the north side of the main entrance of the South campus of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, the International Cooperative Education Building was originally a brick and concrete library from the 1960s, which was demolished due to disrepair. The library on the original site, together with the surrounding buildings, encloses a symmetrical spatial sequence of rewinding and rewinding on the east-west axis. However, as the Zhoujiazui Road tunnel planned by Shanghai city is inclined to cross the campus, the newly built ICEB must avoid the tunnel control line, thus breaking the original parallel and symmetrical spatial pattern. At the same time, limited and irregular land use, sunshine and vision requirements of residents in the north side, height limitation and other factors are in conflict with the construction area desired by the school, which further makes the design fall into a dilemma between respecting the spatial texture and making full use of the land.