In recent years, the functions of universities have gradually changed from the "basic education" to "research-oriented training", and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has vigorously advocated the combination of the "Production-Learning-Research" and the "Integration of Research and Education". Starting from the idea "aggregation" in nature, this paper analyses the goal of the "aggregation", and puts forward the architectural design method with the strategy of "aggregation" based on the "modularization" of imitating nature and the traditional Chinese craft production. The design method emphasizes the importance of the structural order in planning and design as the generating framework. The construction of the modular units is the starting point of the design organization, and the modular units form diversified combinations of isomorphic and heterogeneous forms on the basis of the structural order. Finally, different scale levels are formed. This paper takes the campuses of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in three cities as an example to analyze and demonstrate the advantages of the "modularized aggregation" method in creating a "scientific community". The three cases also show the diachronic inheritance, continuation and evolution of the design method.

aggregation  /  modularized  /  campus planning and design  /  research-oriented university