The Formation and features of the Campus Spatial Compositions in Ocean University of China

Abstract

The campus of Ocean University of China is composed by Daxue road part and Yushan road part. These two parts shows quite different features no matter in the spatial composition or the garden. The campus located next to Daxue road used to be a barracks constructed by the German governors in 1902, while the other part located next to Yushan road used to be a middle school constructed by the Japanese governors in 1919. There was no main building or main axis, in the Daxue road part because of the existing barracks buildings. Sport space was arranged in front of the third schoolhouse near the entrance, which is quite different from the middle school and the general spatial pattern. While the middle school not only had a main building but also a visual axis. As for the gardens, the Daxuelu campus garden was surrounded by western style buildings and totally designed into geometrical style, even platanuses planted on this campus were imported from Germany. By contrary, the garden on the Yushan road campus was firstly built in western style and then changed into Japanese style. Black pine was planted in the center of the garden, symbolizing Japanese garden culture. The reason was possibly because park was considered as a symbol of advanced western civilization in China, while it seems that the Japanese governors intended to emphasize their own culture in its colony.