In use since September 1, 2014, an elementary school in Tiantai, Zhejiang province, built a 200-meter running track on the roof of its school building. In "School puts running track on its roof" Chinese architect Ruan Hao [LYCS Architecture], chief architect of the teaching building, said "that breaking the tradition of a running track on the ground might provide a solution for other schools with limited land."
The "No 2 Elementary School of Tiantai Chicheng district" - located near Hangzhou - is one of the 11 case-studies that is part of the "ADAPTATION - architecture and change in China"-exhibition - one of the 21 Collateral Events of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia - curated by prof. Marino Folin & MovingCites, and hosted by the EMGdotART Foundation at Palazzo Zen in Venice.
As part of the exhibition, and in co-production with China Daily Video, EMGdotART Foundation created a short documentary on the construction of this project called "Ruan Hao: Inspiration comes from challenges".
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if you're talking about this building there should be mention of the turin fiat factory (didn't see any?):
whether intentional or not it is an exact precedent for the school track. also all that corb stuff, rooftop garden etc. blah blah blah
There also used to be a bunch of Ford dealerships back in the day where they would have testing tracks on the roof. Of course, this was when the speed limit was 5mph
title should read "chinese school built beneath running track."
Hello, inner city public school basketball stars of the past and future!
Source - this one is Philly, of course.
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