Horizon Below 75cm Infant Daycare Center by Tsung Wei Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Bronze A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Competition Category.
BronzeArchitecture· 2024
Horizon Below 75cm Infant Daycare Center
Client: Yilan County Dongshan Township Office
Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Architecture Category
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About Horizon Below 75cm Infant Daycare Center
Horizon Below 75cm is a public daycare center designed for infant care in a rural township in Yilan County. Early childhood covers three stages: newborn, infant and toddler, and each stage brings different sensory development. The height of the facade openings is calibrated between 45 and 75 centimeters, so the outside world can be seen from a child's own eye level. The building covers a floor area of 862.03 square meters. Modern architecture is combined with local materials suited to the local climate, which simplifies construction and keeps maintenance low.
The Recognition
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Horizon Below 75cm Infant Daycare Center is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Horizon Below 75cm Infant Daycare Center is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Horizon Below 75cm Infant Daycare Center splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Early childhood development encompasses three distinct stages; Newborn, Infant, and Toddler, wherein children experience varying levels of sensory development. To cater to the physical scale of children within each stage, the height of façade openings has been precisely calibrated to range from 45 to 75 cm, enabling the outer world to be visible from their own perspective.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The floor area of this project is 862.03 m2
- Tags
- public daycare, infant care, rural design, modernism
- Production Technology
- This project uses modern architecture design, but utilized local materials in order to cope with local climate, making this project easier to construct with low maintanence.
- Inspiration
- Reshaping the Rural Daycare
In contrast to urban areas, rural regions often face a shortage of public daycare institutions, daycare is handled personally. It is essential to address the necessity for establishing adequate facilities in rural areas with utmost priority. This project stands as the first newly constructed public daycare facility in Yilan with a primary focus on infant care, and a mission to provide health and childbirth education for expecting parents and nurturing environments. - Project Duration
- This project located at the intersection of section 3 Yicheng Road and Luan Road, Dongshan Township, Yilan County. This project started construction in April 2022 and finished in June 2023.
- Team Members
- Tsungwei, Yang
Ziling, Wei
Janmichael Antoni - Image Credits
- Willy Yang Architects & Planners
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