北京大学（青岛）国际学术中心位于滨海的青岛市石老人风景区。基地是一个陡坡，北侧的香港路与南端的海边存在着20多米的落差。学术中心的建筑参与到这个特殊的地理环境中，形成其中的一个过渡元素。换言之，建筑在此处不是占据场地的对立于基地的物体，而是地形景观的一个组成部分。从人的经验的角度，这栋建筑构成一个过程，即下到海边去的时空经验。建筑的形态因此是线性的，它的空间由一系列的在不同标高上的既有室内又有室外的平台与楼梯组成。这个空间系列结束在主会议室外向大海挑出的平台。五个原有的别墅被改造成中心的客房，并可观赏到海景。客人从客房可直接来到学术中心的屋面，并逐层向下一直延伸到海边，形成地形变化中的又一个层次。
The Peking University (Qingdao) International Conference Center is located on the ocean front in Qingdao.The site is a steep slope where the elevation drops 20 some meters from the access road to the water. Such topography inspires an approach to the architecture of the conference center as a transition in the landscape or an experience of descending to the sea. The building form thus takes on a linear sequence of interior and exterior platforms and staircases. The finale of the downward movement is the balcony outside of the main conference hall, which projects into the open space of the waterfront. In other words, not creating an object in a field, the building structure is rather merged into the site and becomes an element of the landscape. Five existing villas are remodeled to become the hotel component of the center. The roofs of the villas are made accessible therefore constitute other levels of the topographical formation.