THE "SWEET CUBE": GOOD HOME UNDER THE TREE

About 4 kilometers west of the Yechekou exit of the Shenhai Expressway is Jinglingqiao Village, where an endangered small school has fallen into disuse, with only a dozen large, leafy trees to tell the story of its former glory.

The school needed to be redesigned, and we came up with a new functional concept:

1. village students need a brighter learning environment; 2. villagers need a training classroom; 3. the village needs a place for red and white events; 4. local intangible culture needs a window for presentation; 5. daily operation is important, and can be introduced into a little commercialization.

So this unique small school is both a school and a center for villagers' activities, with the color of operation, the original compulsory education expanded to lifelong learning and training.

The two-story building on the north side has independent classrooms on the first floor and a large open space with high windows on both floors, where children play like birds flying, and see the creek and old camphor trees through the long ribbon windows. Two classrooms on the second floor allow for long tables to be set up so that people can gather around a table to study.