The Cloud Education Building is a multifunctional building at the Western Yunnan University of Applied Sciences. It serves a multitude of functions, including the library, information data center, administrative office, conference, etc. Starting from the unique regional cultural characteristics of Dali, this project emphasizes the response to the local natural climate features and the re-representation of the cultural heritage.
The design wisely utilizes the site conditions and becomes an integral piece of the site from the aspects of form planning, traffic flow, and landscape design. This project creates a rich and dynamic place for daily activities while reducing earthwork excavation. It has become a distinctive landmark building of the three-dimensional campus. The project integrates resources and saves land efficiently, by using vertical stacking strategies to organize overall programs and circulation. Different functions correspond to the facades of the staggered and twisted blocks, presenting the unity of form and function.
The design implements a resource-saving strategy at a technical level. Through the concept of space-facade integration and detailing, a unique combination of space and green strategy is achieved in this project with the digital simulation of light and wind environment. The project applies a low-impact development (LID) rainwater system to control the total amount of runoff and reduce non-point source pollution simultaneously. In response to the abundant sunshine in the plateau region where Dali is located, the building adopts solar panels and implements energy-saving control measures for lighting systems, including zoning, timing, and induction.
The project has won the "China Construction Engineering Luban Prize (National Prime-quality Project)" with high completion level.