Zhejiang University Zhoushan Campus uses dark red fired-clay wall surfaces and grey tiled roofs to connect a new coastal campus with the university’s established architectural identity. This project case preserves LOPO’s four original photographs and documents the clay brick tile and perforated screen treatment visible across the campus buildings.
The material description below comes from LOPO’s original July 2020 project record. It is retained as an archive reference, not as a current stock, item-number or specification statement.
A coastal campus with a recognizable Zhejiang University identity
Zhejiang University describes Zhoushan Campus as a joint development with the city of Zhoushan. The university’s own campus overview says the building forms and exterior colours continue the character of its Yuquan Campus, particularly the combination of traditional red brick walls and dark grey tiled roofs.
That relationship is clear in the first project view. The red wall fields establish a consistent colour across the long elevations, while pale stone-coloured base courses and vertical accents organize the facade. Deep eaves and layered roof profiles give the large academic buildings a more articulated silhouette.
Red clay walls define the main campus approaches
At the broad approach shown below, matching buildings frame the view on both sides. Their red elevations, roof forms and regular window rhythm create a coordinated campus language without making every volume identical. The central view is kept open, so the architecture reads as a sequence rather than a single uninterrupted block.
Zhejiang University’s 2018 description of the phase-one campus also records a retained natural hill, an artificial lake of about 10,000 m² and extensive landscaped areas. Those figures describe the campus at that date; they are not facade areas and do not indicate the quantity of LOPO material supplied.
Solid wall fields and perforated clay screens work together
The closer exterior views show two related treatments. Regular clay wall surfaces form the principal elevations, while selected areas use fired-clay units with open joints to create a porous screen. Because both treatments share a warm red colour, the screen reads as part of the same facade family while adding greater depth and shadow.
The open arrangement is especially visible beside the windows and at the larger screen wall. From a distance, it holds the colour and scale of the adjoining wall; at close range, the gaps form a repeating pattern. The original project text compared this effect to a traditional screen, a useful description of its visual role rather than a claim about the wall’s measured performance.
How to read the archived material information
Historical product note: LOPO’s July 2020 article described the campus material as a dark red, three-hole handmade retro clay brick tile. The record does not provide an item number, nominal dimensions, thickness, installed area, quantity, support or fixing method, test data or current availability. It should therefore be treated as a project-era material description, not a present-day SKU or construction specification.
For a new project, begin with the current Terracotta Brick and Terracotta Tile pages, then confirm the product family that matches the intended wall build-up. A visual precedent alone does not establish structural role, attachment, cavity design, drainage, movement provision, fire strategy or compliance.
- elevations and details showing solid wall areas, open screens, corners and roof interfaces;
- target unit format, colour and texture direction, with representative samples where available;
- wall substrate, support concept, cavity and insulation requirements;
- required standards, exposure conditions and project performance criteria; and
- estimated quantity, delivery location and programme.
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