北外附属杭州橄榄树国际学校的创始人大元曾是杭州最优秀的中学语文教师，后因奇特际遇而下海。他心中一直有一个关于教育的梦想。为了梦中的橄榄树，他多年筹备后终于启程。经过多次讨论和必不可少的思想碰撞，设计师确定了总体布局：校园用地中建筑和运动场地各占一半。虽然东西向的田径场和宿舍略悖常规，但建筑布局紧凑，对南侧高铁线路、高速公路出入口和西侧城市主干道都有所呼应。所有的艺术类和体验类空间位于首层；屋顶花园、菜园和科技馆等公共公建位于顶层；各类教室和办公用房位于中间层。

▼学校西侧及北侧立面外观，exterior view of the west and north side

▼学校南侧外观，exterior view of the south side

▼宿舍楼立面，exterior view of the dormitories

Dayuan, the founder of the school, was once one of the best middle school linguistics teachers, later he became a businessman due to peculiar encounters. However, there is always a dream about education in his heart. For the olive tree in his dreams, he finally set off after many years of preparation.After several discussions and inevitable collisions of ideas, the architects determined the overall layout: The buildings and the sports areas take one half of the site each. Although the east-west oriented track and the dormitories are not common, the overall structure is compact, well responding to the high-speed train line, the highway entrance on the south and the main urban boulevard on the west. All the art and experience spaces are located on the ground floor; Public spaces such as roof gardens, vegetable gardens, science museum are on the top floor; Classrooms and offices are located on the floors in-between.

▼空间组织图解，programme diagram