Zhejiang Jiande Airport Aviation Industry University and Research Base

The general aviation industry is accelerating rapidly in China, and Jiande Aviation Town is the only town in Zhejiang focused on a full general-aviation industrial chain. The Jiande Airport Aviation Industry-Education Base sits at the heart of the town, emphasizing aviation training and education. It is gad's first EPC project, integrating design creativity with construction, coordinating materials, craft, cost, quality, schedule and management to achieve a high completion standard. The site is a gently rising mound with distant rolling mountains, opening a dialogue among building, water and history. Preserving the site's natural character is the starting point; drawing on Geoffrey Bawa's approach to architecture and nature, the design aims to make users feel relaxed while offering rich spatial experiences. With minimal intervention, the strategy of melting into the mountain and drawing in water shapes a place with strong local memory. Echoing the rolling hills, the building uses undulating pitched roofs with varied heights, contrasting upward extension and downward grounding. Three independent but closely linked U- and L-shaped buildings enclose an inner courtyard; service functions sit on the west, while public and educational spaces open toward the landscape, producing a low-profile, nature-immersive campus.