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Flux Film School
Liverpool, UK | 2023 | Individual Work | Academic Study
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Innovative Film Education Beyond the Classroom
Flux Film School proposes a new film school for the University of Liverpool, located at the junction of Oxford Street and Mulberry Street.
The project explores how architectural space can become part of film education. Instead of treating the building only as a container for teaching, the design allows students to learn about film-making, shooting, presentation, and collaboration through direct spatial experience.
As cinema is a public and popular art form, the building also introduces open spaces for public screenings, student presentations, and social exchange. These spaces support multidisciplinary collaboration, public participation, and potential cooperation with film companies.
Through a sequence of cinematic, flexible, and interactive spaces, the project aims to stimulate students’ curiosity, encourage discussion, and create new opportunities for creative production.
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Ground Floor Plan
By strategically placing the Creative Centre and the main corridors, the functional areas are ambiguously segregated. This ensures the most efficient circulation of different user groups without conflict. And an overhanging stair corridor, connecting the floors above ground, generates a convenient circulation while adding interest and interaction with the surroundings. At the same time, the pathway design and greening plan between the building and the surrounding buildings were changed, so that the design can be harmoniously integrated with the surrounding environment. At the same time, fire escape routes were added to allow users to exit effectively.
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Journey In The Flux
This space is designed as a continuous journey rather than a simple route between floors. As users move through stairs, corridors and open platforms, the building gradually reveals different views, heights, light conditions and social moments. The experience becomes similar to moving through a sequence of film scenes, where each step changes the frame, atmosphere and relationship between people and space. This journey encourages users to observe, pause, communicate and imagine, turning circulation into a source of spatial inspiration. For film students, the building becomes more than a place of study. It becomes an environment where movement, perspective and atmosphere can be directly experienced, helping them understand how space can shape narrative, emotion and visual storytelling.