Xianlin International Campus of Nanjing University is located in the southwest of Baixiang District, Xianlin New City, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, east of Jiuxiang River. Campus construction is carried out in accordance with the principle of "one-time planning and step-by-step implementation". The planned land area is 49 10 mu, the total construction scale is about10.2 million square meters, the land acquisition in advance is about 3,800 mu, and the built-up area is 2,828 mu (in 2009).
Jiangnan has hilly terrain, beautiful scenery and undulating terrain. 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".
architectural feature
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".
The buildings in Xianlin Campus have their own characteristics. Wen Jing Student Activity Center was designed by Preston Cohen, the head of architecture department of Harvard University. Duxia Library has the strength to compete for the "Luban Award" in the construction industry. Fang Zhaozhou Gymnasium, nicknamed "Fire Cube", was selected as the "most domineering" university gymnasium in Jiangsu.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Xianlin Campus of Nanjing University.