China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) was established in 1994. In 1999, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners (see Note 1) which was originally founded by the world famous architect Leoh Ming Pei designed the Shanghai campus of CEIBS. This year, CEIBS is celebrating its 20th anniversary. 10 years after its first cooperation in 2004 with MATSU, a leading high-end office furniture brand, CEIBS is working with MATSU again by adopting Burkhardt Leitner (BL) modular system to create a joyful celebratory environment combing Chinese classic and European modern styles. CEIBS is, therefore, a master place where the East and the West collide and integrate in terms of architecture, thought and culture.

BL’s magical performance at CEIBS
When creating a celebratory environment for CELBS’ 20th anniversary, Matsu adopted BL pon and clic systems, together with acrylic and PVCs as well as inner lighting effects, in order to display the 20-year long journey of CELBS in a cultural, light and dynamic way. BL pon and clic uses static-force magnetic system which requires no screws or any connecters to set up structures easily. The flexibility enables structures to change and fit in any campus environment without making any damage to current buildings. They may change into creative Boxes on water or the display shelves with multi-leveled structure in the hall.

Best partners
Every part in BL system is the best partner to another. The entire system is accomplished by high coordination. The steady and effective structure is based on the optimal partnership among all parts. It is why every connector in the system is designed into unique size so that it may support the force passing between pressure-bearing rods (aluminum alloy poles) and pull rods (opposite-angle pull rods) as effectively as possible. The smart structural design and use of engineering mechanics make it possible that BL modular architectural system is powerfully self-adaptive, strongly steady and smartly flexible. Coordination among parts will be the main point for environmental friendly design concepts for the future, which is the environmental-friendly system.