Qingdao Yucai Junior High School combines white and wood-look terracotta across a campus facade near Golden Beach in Qingdao. The 2017 LOPO record identifies ventilated terracotta panels and terracotta baguettes, three item references and a terracotta curtain-wall area of 24,000 m². Five photographs document the finished exterior from the entrance, athletic field and side elevations.

This revision keeps those source facts while separating them from conflicting archive metadata. It does not add an architect, completion year, panel dimensions, fixing system or performance result that the project-specific article did not establish.

Project Record From the 2017 Article

The article does not name the architect, client, contractor, facade consultant or installer. Its publication date is not a completion date. The original comparison to a ship is best understood as promotional design imagery rather than a verified project brief.

Resolve the Duplicate and Conflicting Records

Six thin LOPO product-listing pages repeat this project with keyword-varied titles. They carry the same three item references and two dimensions, but provide almost no narrative evidence. A separate education-building roundup records a 2013 time field, different item references and a different size schedule for a similarly named Qingdao Yucai entry.

This page should own the named-project intent. Redirect or canonicalise the thin listings here, and keep the roundup focused on multiple education precedents. The terracotta project gallery can serve broader browsing intent.

White Fields Frame the Warm-Toned Zones

The long elevation is primarily light in colour, with warmer vertical and horizontal zones placed within or beside the white frame. The contrast gives the campus a clear material hierarchy: the white areas establish continuity, while the wood-look areas mark selected volumes and window bays.

The photographs do not prove which archived item reference belongs to each visible zone. Nor do they establish whether every warm-toned surface is the same profile or finish. A current design team should use an approved elevation schedule and physical samples rather than reverse-engineering product codes from colour alone.

Wood-Look Terracotta Is a Finish Description

Wood-look describes the visible colour and pattern of fired-clay components; it does not mean the material is timber. See the current terracotta surface and texture guide for finish-selection context and the terracotta panel overview for the product family.

Do not infer environmental benefit, fire performance, colour stability, service life or maintenance requirements from the visual resemblance to wood. Those topics need current product data, declared test methods, project exposure and complete-system evidence.

Panels and Baguettes Need a Coordinated Elevation

The source names both ventilated panels and baguettes. Broad panels can form primary wall fields, while narrower repeated elements can add depth or screen selected openings. The current terracotta baguette overview provides present product-family context, not an as-built schedule for this school.

For a new education project, coordinate:

• panel and baguette zones, module lines, joints, colours and accepted variation;
• windows, entrances, corners, bases, parapets, signs and movement joints;
• substrate, support rails, anchors, cavities, membranes, insulation and fire barriers;
• drainage paths, flashings, replacement access and cleaning access;
• calculations, mock-ups, tests, inspection points and approval responsibilities; and
• current item feasibility, quantities, spare stock, packing and delivery programme.

What the Photographs Do and Do Not Prove

The five originals establish a consistent campus identity, the visible white and warm-toned palette, repeated bays, large glazed areas and entrance compositions. They do not reveal anchors, rail sections, cavity depth, membranes, flashings, fire stopping, structural movement or product labels.

No project-specific wind, impact, air, water, fire, thermal, acoustic, durability or environmental reports were found with the source article. Qualified designers, engineers, contractors and authorities must establish those requirements for the actual building and jurisdiction.

Frequently Asked Questions

What products are recorded for Qingdao Yucai?

The 2017 article lists ventilated terracotta panels and terracotta baguettes, with references F3018003, F301889 and T50150217. It does not provide an approved zone-by-zone product schedule.

Is 24,000 m² a verified installed quantity?

The source calls it the total terracotta curtain-wall area but does not define the measurement basis. Treat it as a historic article entry, not an audited take-off or commercial quantity.

Which dimensions should be used?

None should be copied from this case without verification. Archive pages conflict, and the primary article states no dimensions. Current drawings, product data and supplier confirmation must govern.

Do the photos prove a ventilated rainscreen build-up?

No. The article names a ventilated panel product family, but photographs of the finished surface cannot confirm cavity, membranes, rails, anchors, drainage or fire-barrier details.

Develop a Current School Facade Brief

Send elevations, intended white and wood-look zones, panel and baguette concepts, interfaces and evidence requirements through the LOPO project enquiry page. Product availability, engineering, testing, approvals and installation remain project-specific.