Opening its doors to 700 students in September 2019, Shenzhen is now home to Asia's first Whittle School & Studios campus. The school was designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop working with Arup.

The Whittle Schools concept is a global network of 36 schools for 3-18 year olds. So far schools have opened in Shenzhen, Washington DC, and a third school is planned to open this year in New York.

Arup was approached by architects Renzo Piano Buildings Workshop to work on the initial concept in 2015 and in September 2016, the new Shenzhen site was chosen with planning submitted in 2017. The school opened in September 2019 and accommodates 700 students.

Arup provided full engineering services with our London office leading the design with input from Shanghai, Shenzhen and multiple other offices.