Future School Unlimited 6

Crossboundaries' latest installation consists of twelve prefabricated container modules and is a bold exploration of the future school, anticipating that future education will change with social relationships. Future schools occur in many places across society rather than inside a single formal building, and prefabrication provides strong technical support for that idea. The facility is part of the 2019 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale theme exhibition, centered on future education models and the possibilities of prefabricated, modular construction in educational architecture. Five booths were built from standard containers provided by China Construction Science. Crossboundaries' work, named Infinite 6, occupies an 18-by-18-meter site. Its X-shaped cross layout naturally divides the square into four independent small plazas, each with its own character. The X creates varied spaces; the whole structure is open, each module a complete room with multiple open links, allowing unlimited additional standard containers. Multiple modules can grow infinitely in three dimensions, forming limitless flexible learning spaces that can be reconfigured as pedagogy evolves.