Pod House Innenarchitektur eines Kindergartens by Liben Design Office

Pod House Innenarchitektur eines Kindergartens by Liben Design Office is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Bronze in Innenraumdesign Competition Category.

BronzeInnenraum· 2021

Pod House Innenarchitektur eines Kindergartens

by Liben Design Office

Client: Liben Design Office

A' Design Award in Bronze Winner in Innenraum Category

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The Design

About Pod House Innenarchitektur eines Kindergartens

Pod House ist ein Kindergarten-Interieur, das in einem ehemaligen Wäschereigebäude im Bezirk Xuhui in Shanghai entstanden ist. Der Innenraum umfasst eine Fläche von 120 Quadratmetern. Die ursprüngliche L-förmige Umfassung bleibt erhalten, in die ein unregelmäßiges, bogenförmiges Volumen eingefügt wurde. Die geschwungene Form erinnert an eine Erbsenschote, was dem Entwurf seinen Namen gibt. Zwei zentrale Oberlichter bringen Tageslicht in das Innere, während das Dach eine kreisförmige Laufbahn und einen Spielbereich aufnimmt. Runde Öffnungen und Oberflächen aus Edelstahl lassen die Raumgrenzen weicher erscheinen. Bereiche für Stauraum, Umkleide und Waschen befinden sich außerhalb der geschwungenen Wände.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Bronze

Pod House Innenarchitektur eines Kindergartens ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Bronze, einer hochprestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für herausragende Designs, die sich durch Kreativität, Einfallsreichtum und Scharfsinn auszeichnen. Bronze-Gewinner sind reichlich geschickte und auffallend kreative Artefakte, die die große Erfahrung, Fantasie und Findigkeit ihrer Designer belegen. Von Pod House Innenarchitektur eines Kindergartens wird erwartet, dass es ein hochgeschätztes, bewundertes und geliebtes Objekt ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Bronze prämierte Design verkörpert bewährte Verfahren in Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie und ist hervorragend in seiner Liebe zum Detail. Pod House Innenarchitektur eines Kindergartens befriedigt Bedürfnisse auf großartige Weise, berührt Wünsche, bezaubert Gefühle und spricht die Neugier an.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The project is located at a kindergarten in Xuhui district of Shanghai with enclosed L-shaped. The south and west sides of the base are intensely close to the wall and adjacent to the residential area. The internal facilities are placed at the east side, while the north side is the internal road of the kindergarten. The original function of the project is the abandoned laundry.
Dimensions & Packaging: Covering an area of 120 square meters, this is a typical project like casting masterpieces in the pigeonholes.
Tags: Interior, Commercial, Kindergarten, Nursery School, Modern, Simple, Natural, Art
Production Technology: The roof has kept the shape of pods, setting up a circular roof track and a playground for children. Two center skylights provide sufficient lighting for the pea house. A small climbing slope is designed around the circular skylights. A pod-shaped skylight serves as a glass path for children to explore. The relationship between the sight lines from skylights also makes the dialogue in the space more vivid and interesting.
Design Challenge: It is asked for making the laundry be rebuilt into a space for students' demands of learning and dancing. Complying with some requirements, the building boundary is not allowed to be over the original campus wall, and the height is not allowed to be out of the original building height. Those external pools, rockery, and other facilities are needed to be retained.
Research: Urban renewal is becoming one of the important roles in urban development. In addition to community and business renovation, some schools in the city center are also faced with the problem of land shortage and unable to expand. Therefore, it is worth thinking to solve the problem how to make effective transformation and utilization of the existing campus site for extension of functions and more spaces under constraint conditions.
Inspiration: How to outline a fun space for activities and class of children and teachers in this small venue is the initial starting point of the design. Children are lively. They are good runners and explorers. Therefore, the design attempts to build a space that satisfies the curiosity of children and taps the potential of sports based on their activity and psychological characteristics.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2018 in Shanghai and finished in August 2019 in Shanghai.
Operation Flow: Those indoor different-sized round holes together with the specular reflection of stainless steel and circular skylights of furred ceiling blurred indoor boundary, meanwhile increased dimensional interest.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Name Lei Dong, 2019.
Team Members: Qian Li
Nicolas Bai
Fang He
Huifang Sun
Yinmei Li
Jiawei Tian
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Lei Dong, Pod House, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Lei Dong, Pod House, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Lei Dong, Pod House, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Lei Dong, Pod House, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Lei Dong, Pod House, 2019.