I am a freshman from the Ocean University of China, mentioned the Ocean University of China's landmark building, had to mention the Ocean University of China six two building that is the German Bismarck barracks site, is located in the yard of the Ocean University of China Yu Shan Road 5, German-style building, also known as the Wannian barracks, built in 1903-1905.
The style is European medieval market building. It is now the teaching building of Ocean University of China. When Germany occupied Qingdao, it named Qingdao Hill after Bismarck, the Iron-blooded Prime Minister, and built a battery and underground fortifications on the hill. It took six years to build the Bismarck Barracks southwest of the fort. After the first Japanese occupation of Qingdao, it was used as a barracks for the Japanese army, and then as a barracks for the Beiyang army when the Beiyang government recovered Qingdao in 1922. The barracks are decorated with terraced walls and neo-gothic decorations. The German-style basement vent looks like a solid house.
This was once a complex of buildings, all of which were barracks for Spencer Mack, the barracks architecture is classical, with the center and the two ends of the terraced shape embellished with mountain flowers, and the doors and windows are quarter-phase round coupons. The entire barracks is made of rough granite for the walls, pediments, foundations and parapets of the outer corridors. Of note is the granite decoration at the very top of the building, the eagle emblem, the symbol of the German Empire, which is the only remaining decoration on the building except for that which can be seen at One Zhongshan Road.
The building is well-built in a sophisticated style, and was built on the southern foot of Qingdao Mountain, with a pleasant view. The decoration was extremely luxurious, introducing flush toilets, which were not popular at the time, making it a first-class cantonment site.
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