Xianlin International Campus of Nanjing University is located in the east of Jiuxiang River, Xianlin New Town, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, and in the southwest of Baixiang District. The planned land area of the park is 49 10 mu, the total construction scale is about 654.38+200,000 square meters, the initial land acquisition is about 3,800 mu, and the built-up area is 2,828 mu (in 2009). The landmark buildings on campus include Duxia Library, Wen Jing Student Activity Center, Fangzhaozhou Gymnasium and Zuodijiang Observatory.

Campus construction has received a large number of social donations, and almost every building and every construction project has the assistance of alumni and the government. Xianlin Campus was put into use in September 2009, and 20 12 became the main campus of Nanjing University. In 20 12, the International Committee on Asteroid Nomenclature approved the asteroid with the international number 187707 to be officially named "Nanda Xianlin Star".

Campus characteristics

Most buildings in Xianlin Campus of Nanjing University are angular, square and uniform from a distance, and independent internal courtyards form their own independent ecosystems. The colors are mainly gray, including dark gray, light gray, red and white, all of which are taken from the traditional colors of Gulou Campus. For more than 100 years, NTU's campus buildings have never pursued aggressive momentum, novel and peculiar appearance or bright and colorful colors.

Zhang Sheng, deputy director of the Chinese Department of Tongji University, said in the article "Harvard Red, Nantah Gray" that the gray tone of Nantah is "quiet and serene" and "there is a classical beauty that is unmoved by the secular", and summarized the style revealed by the architecture as "sincere, modest, low-key and realistic, but square and powerful".

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xianlin Campus of Nanjing University