徐家汇书院的外部和景观的完成，是其建设工作的一个重要里程碑。这座新建的书院位于上海西南的一个城市广场中，毗邻保存完好的圣依纳爵堂，它代表了耶稣会传教士于20世纪初期在徐家汇建造的建筑。书院的立面由细长的翅片构成，从地面垂直延伸到屋顶。翅片包围了整个建筑，为整个体量提供了抽象和统一的观感。对当地传统建筑材料的研究让设计团队选择了混合石材骨料的预制混凝土来建造外表面。中性的米白色幕墙烘托了圣依纳爵堂采用的红砖。一楼的柱廊和二、三楼的凉廊为人们提供了观赏广场和大教堂景色的场所。

Construction work on Xujiahui Library has reached a key milestone with the completion of the exteriors and landscaping. The new library is located on an urban square in the south-west of Shanghai and is adjacent to the well-preserved St. Ignatius Cathedral, a fine example of the architecture built by Jesuit missionaries in Xujiahui in the early 1900s.The façade of the library is made of slender fins that run vertically from the ground to top floor. The fins envelope the whole building giving a sense of abstraction and unity to the massing. Comprehensive research on traditional local building materials led the design team to opt for a façade made from concrete reconstituted with stone elements. The neutral, off-white colour of the façade accentuates the red bricks of St. Ignatious Cathedral. An external colonnade on the ground floor and loggias on the second and third floor provide views to the square and cathedral.

photos by REX ZOU