Kendall International Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Preschool by Cocoon Architecture Ltd.

Kendall International Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Preschool by Cocoon Architecture Ltd. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Ime Ụlọ na Ngosipụta Competition Category.

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Kendall International Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Preschool

by Cocoon Architecture Ltd.

Client: Cocoon Architecture Ltd

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Ime Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Kendall International Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Preschool

Ederede Akwụkwọ: Kendall International bụ ime ụlọ akwụkwọ preschool dị n'ime ntọala ụlọ elu na Hong Kong. Ụlọ ọmụmụ ndị yiri igbe ka e ji ụlọ obodo ọkara dị elu dochie anya, ndị a haziri gburugburu ogige etiti. Ogige a ji oke elu ntọala ahụ mee ihe ma gụnye mgbidi ịrịgo, ụlọ nnụnụ dabere n'elu ogidi, ụzọ ije e welitere elu, na slide. Oghere ndị dị iche iche na-ejikọ ụlọ ọmụmụ dị jụụ na ogige a na-eme mmụba. Ihe ndị dị mfe sitere n'okike, dịka ọcha na agba osisi, na-akpata ihe ndabere jụụ. Nhazi a na-akwado mmụta site n'inyocha na mmetụta obodo.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Kendall International Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Preschool meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Kendall International Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Preschool ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Kendall International Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Preschool maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: 1. Scale of CITY vs Scale of VILLAGE
A village is created among the many towers. Classrooms are shaped as village houses clustering around a Central Plaza, where the kids play and run and dance.
2. Scale of ROOMS vs Scale of PODIUM
Existing high headroom makes the Central Plaza like outdoor. Different levels become possible for kids to explore, like bird-house and climbing wall.
3. Scale of TEACHERS vs Scale of KIDS
Kids have different ergonomics requirement. A suitably crafted space can increase their sense of belongings.
Dimensions & Packaging: This client is new to the kindergarten industry so they are open-minded and dare to challenge the current situation in Hong Kong. As it is a startup, the budget is a bit tight. We avoid luxury materials and put our effort in making full potential of the space and gives the best experience to the kids.
The materials used are simple and natural, mostly in white and wooden color, making the space a backdrop for the colorful kids. Instead of celebrating the architectural space we emphasize the kids’ existence.
Tags: Village, Kids
Design Challenge: Hong Kong is a Vertical City. Kindergarten in podium of a tower building is common. Kids study in boxes called classrooms. This kindergarten also situated in the ground floor shop of a podium in Cheung Sha Wan district amidst a very local community.
Thanks to the special characteristics of the site and the enlightening teaching philosophy, we challenge the scenario of a common podium kindergarten. We would like to make this kindergarten a community within a community. Instead of box-like classrooms with enclosing walls, we put half-height village houses around a Central Plaza, all behind full transparent glass partitions. When you pass by the kindergarten, it is like a village in a city.
Research: The podium is of high headroom. Multiple levels are provided to make full use of the height. A climbing wall, a birdhouse hung on a column and a sky walkway connected to a slide is designed for kids to explore, to move up and down experiencing the kindergarten from different angles.
Columns are regarded as features to add value to space, not as obstacles. The column at entrance is turned into a chimney of a village house while the central column symbolizes a tree by the attachment of a birdhouse.
Inspiration: Hong Kong is a Vertical City. Kindergarten in podium of a tower building is common. Kids study in boxes called classrooms. Decoration is colorful, sometimes too colorful.
The teaching philosophy of the kindergarten is Reggio. The two main concepts are kids as active constructor of knowledge and encourage them to be part of a big community.
Thanks to the special characteristics of the site and the enlightening teaching philosophy, we challenge the scenario of a common podium kindergarten by studying: Scale of City vs Scale of Village, Scale of Rooms vs Scale of Podium & Scale of Teacher vs Scale of Kids.
Project Duration: The project is located in the podium of a typical podium & tower building in Hong Kong. Thanks to the special characteristic of the site, we challenge the scenario of a common podium kindergarten. The project completed in February 2018.
Team Members: YUNG Chung Kwong, CHIU Hang Mei Mary Grace
Image Credits: cocoon architecture ltd.