Western China Science and Technology Innovation Harbour (iHarbour) is Xi’an Jiaotong University’s research and education complex in Fengxi New City, Xixian New Area, Shaanxi Province. Xi’an Jiaotong University records construction beginning on 25 March 2017, completion on 22 April 2019 and the complex entering service on 12 June 2019.
This case separates the university’s official project record from LOPO’s dated supplier archive. Project-wide investment, floor area and building counts are not terracotta quantities; supplier-side product and delivery statements are not a signed contract, as-built schedule or whole-wall performance approval.
- Formal project
- Western China Science and Technology Innovation Harbour (iHarbour)
- Location
- Fengxi New City, Xixian New Area, Shaanxi, China
- Institution
- Xi’an Jiaotong University
- Official dates
- Construction 25 Mar 2017; completion 22 Apr 2019; service from 12 Jun 2019
- Official owner record
- Xi’an Jiaotong University Science & Technology Innovation Harbour Development Co., Ltd.
- Official contractor record
- Shaanxi Construction Engineering Group Corporation Limited
- 2017 project-scale report
- 1,750 mu; 1.59 million m² gross floor area; RMB 7.53 billion; 48 buildings
- 2020 LOPO archive scope
- 110,000 m² of terracotta exterior-wall products reported for Phase 1 research and engineering buildings
- Archived material description
- Brick-red, combed-surface large-format terracotta, reported at 21 mm thick
A campus and innovation district, not a facade slogan
The university’s English project record identifies iHarbour as a large education and research complex in Xixian New Area. Its opening-era programme brought research platforms, institutes, academic buildings and supporting services into a connected campus. The university records the first teachers and students beginning work, study and daily life there in September 2019.
The “without walls” wording described institutional and urban connection. It does not establish the construction of a specific boundary, curtain-wall build-up, drainage path, fire strategy, thermal value, acoustic result or maintenance regime. Those matters remain project- and assembly-specific.
Keep campus scale separate from material scope
A 2017 XJTU-hosted project report recorded 1,750 mu of land, 1.59 million m² of gross floor area, RMB 7.53 billion of investment and 48 individual buildings for the science and innovation base. These historical figures describe the overall development at that stage. They do not mean 1.59 million m² of facade, 48 LOPO-supplied buildings or a current cost.
The same official project history says the complex was jointly advanced by the Ministry of Education and Shaanxi Province, with XJTU and Xixian New Area. The legacy post incorrectly translated Shaanxi as Shanxi; that province error is corrected here.
The dated terracotta package record
A LOPO company archive dated 23 June 2020 describes LOPO as an architectural terracotta product and service provider for Phase 1 research and engineering buildings. It reports 110,000 m² of terracotta exterior-wall products, including work associated with three large buildings whose combined building floor area was 500,000 m². The two areas are different measurements and must not be merged.
Appearance
The supplier archive describes large-format, brick-red panels with a combed surface, selected to relate to XJTU’s red-brick architectural heritage. It reports a 21 mm thickness but gives no width, length or item code.
Production and delivery
LOPO reported a dedicated kiln, product delivery within three months and full-time technical personnel on site. These are dated company statements, not current capacity, lead-time commitments or independent programme verification.
Responsibility boundary
The available record supports a product-and-service-provider description. It does not establish facade design, engineering, installation, main-contract or completion responsibility, so none is assigned to LOPO here.
The same archive attributes lead architectural design to Hangzhou CCTN Architectural Design Co., Ltd. and describes khaki or ochre aluminium and stone used with the brick-red fields. That design credit and palette are retained as 2020 supplier-side reporting; owner-approved design records should govern formal attribution.
What a current project still needs to verify
The archive provides no panel item number, width, length, exact quantity, shop drawing, support or fixing detail, cavity build-up, test report, certificate, approved sample, batch reference, warranty or as-built maintenance record. The six images cannot fill those gaps or prove structural, wind, water, fire, thermal, acoustic, environmental or durability performance.
- the current product identity, dimensions, thickness, surface direction, colour range and representative samples;
- elevations, corners, openings, joints, movement zones, base and parapet interfaces;
- substrate, support, attachment, cavity, insulation and water-management responsibilities;
- project location, exposure, applicable codes and current system-level test evidence; and
- quantity, spare units, packaging, delivery destination, programme and traceability requirements.
Use the current Terracotta Rainscreen page as a product-family starting point, review other built references in the Project Gallery, and request the latest applicable drawings and documents rather than reusing this 2020 archive as a specification.
Review a campus facade brief
Share the project location, elevations, target module and finish, wall and support concept, interface details, evidence requirements, quantity and delivery programme for a current project-specific review.