架构师提供的文本描述。2009年，著名的美国基金会和交通大学邀请科凯工作室在上海大学历史校区的中心位置为新的法学院设计这座建筑。

Text description provided by the architects. In 2009 a prestigious American Foundation and Jiao Tong University invited Kokaistudios to design the building for the new faculty of law in the prestigious location of the historical campus of the Shanghai University in the center of the city.

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这一特定地点具有重要的历史和象征作用，同时又具有强大的自然环境，因此需要在设计方面作出相当大的努力，以便找到能够以和谐方式满足所有需要的建筑答案。

This particular site being characterized by an important historical and symbolic role for the city and at the same time by a strong natural environment required considerable effort in terms of design in order to find architectural answers that could satisfy in a harmonious way all the needs.

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遗址内有着丰富的历史建筑，有着精美的面砖立面，新建筑周围到处都是保护树木，创造了一个复杂的环境系统，与之的关系一直是我们设计方法的出发点。

The site is rich of historical buildings with wonderful face brick facades and the surroundings of the new building are full of protected trees that creates a complex environmental system, relation with has been starting point of our design approach.

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该大学的新大楼也是为未来制定不同生活水平的机会，包括对提高这些公共项目的可持续性和能源效率的工具进行深入研究。

The new building for the University is also the chance to set a different standard of living for the future including a deep study on instruments to increase the sustainability and the energy efficiency of these public projects in China. 

 First Floor Plan

一层平面图