Beijing Science and Technology Exchange Center, Beijing, China
This project record documents how a natural red LOPO terracotta rainscreen gives a consistent clay facade to the center’s main building volumes, including the rounded form described in the original 2018 article.
A center for youth science, culture and exchange
The original project article identifies the facility with the China Song Qingling Youth Science and Technology Cultural Exchange Center and describes it as a direct institution of the Song Ching Ling Foundation of China. It records five program areas: experience, art, early childhood education, performing arts and exchange.
These functions support activities in youth scientific and technological innovation, traditional Chinese culture, and domestic and international science and cultural exchange. The source reports a site area of 82,307 m², giving the public and educational program a substantial campus setting.
Natural red terracotta connects the building volumes
The source article describes the second building volume as rounded when viewed from above. A uniform natural red rainscreen extends across the main volumes, allowing different parts of the composition to read as one architectural group rather than as separate material treatments.
The clay colour gives the exterior a warm, restrained identity. Repetition across the facade also supports the simple and composed expression noted in the original project description, while the changing building geometry provides the variation.
A rainscreen case study based on verified source data
This page records the architectural use of terracotta rainscreen on the Beijing project. The 2018 source provides the following building figures, which are preserved as historical project information rather than current design criteria.
- Site area: 82,307 m²
- Total floor area: 50,000 m²
- Basement floor area: 24,254 m²
- Building height: 46.90 m
- Floor count: nine
The source identifies the facade as natural red terracotta rainscreen but does not state panel dimensions, quantity, surface code, fixing details, architect or contractor. Those details should not be inferred from photographs and must be confirmed from current project drawings and product samples when planning a new facade.
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