架构师提供的文本描述。这座建筑是为七星教育公司建造的，这是一家成功的中国公司，为儿童和年轻人提供暑期和冬季学校课程。他们的教学方法是把中国儿童-主要是独生子女政策的产物-带到他们自己的临时社区，在学习文化、工艺和社会化的各种技能的同时接近自然。

Text description provided by the architects. The building is built for Qixing Education, a successful Chinese company that offers summer and winter school programs for children and the youth. Their pedagogy is to take the Chinese children, mostly products of the one-child policy, out to a temporary community of their own, and get close to nature while learning various skills in culture, craft, and socialization.

这座建筑坐落在一条沙丘中，这条沙丘沿着阿兰雅建筑群内的海边周末住宅开发项目的中间运行。一个连续的螺旋坡道，从沙丘的一边开始，绕着两个庭院旋转，到达最高点，然后降落在沙丘的另一边。

The building sits amid a strip of sand dunes, which runs along the middle of a seaside weekend housing development inside the Aranya complex. A continuous, spiral ramp that starts from one side of the sand dunes, circles around two courtyards, reaching its highest point before landing down to the ground on the other side of the dunes.

 Masterplan

在这两个庭院中，外层庭院设计为开放，用于集体活动；内部庭院由底层的教室和一楼的宿舍构成，用于私人活动。

Of the two courtyards, the outer one is designed to be kept open and used for collective activities; the inner one is framed by the classrooms on the ground floor and the dorms on the first floor, which is used for private activities. 

随着它的整个长度，坡道有助于形成一系列的空间，无论是在上面和下面。在较低的部分，坡道形成一个临时的观众站在外面的庭院，覆盖了一个室外咖啡厅区域，墙壁上的大开口，可以看到沙丘和游乐场。

Along with its entire length, the ramp helps to form a series of spaces both above and beneath it. In the lower part, the ramp forms a temporary spectators' stand in the outer courtyard，covering an outdoor cafe area with large openings in the walls framing views to the dunes and the playgrounds.

在中间部分，斜坡顶部提供海洋和遥远平原的全景；坡道下面有儿童游戏的平坦空间。在结尾部分，坡道快速下降到下面的操场。当没有夏季/冬季学校活动时，坡道对当地居民开放。

In the middle part, the top of the ramp provides panoramic views of the sea and the distant plains; below the ramp, there are flat spaces for children’s games. In the ending part, the ramp takes a quick descend to the playgrounds below. When there is no summer/winter school activity, the ramp is open to the local residents.

活动空间的不同高度和坡度是为了鼓励年轻人更有创造性地移动他们的身体。

The different heights expand and slopes of the activity spaces are to encourage the youth to move their bodies more creatively.

Architects Atelier TeamMinus

Location Aranya,Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China

Architect in Charge Li Zhang

Design Team Li Zhang, Guanglu Dou, Hao Wang, Xue Bai, Zishen Wen, Cong Li, Zihao Pan

Interior Designers Li Zhang, Guanglu Dou, Zishen Wen, Yingxiu Lu

Area 4700.0 m2

Project Year 2017

Photographs Lei Bu

Category Educational Architecture