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Colorful Palette 幼稚園 by Wei Cheng Lin

Colorful Palette 幼稚園 by Wei Cheng Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 建築・建物・構造物デザイン Competition Category.


鉄建築· 2021

Colorful Palette 幼稚園

by Wei Cheng Lin

Client: Wei Cheng Lin Architecture Firm

A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 建築 Category

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The Design

About Colorful Palette 幼稚園

「カラフル・パレット」は、台湾・新竹市に設計された幼稚園である。建物は曲面の壁と不定形な教室で構成された流線型のヴォリュームを持ち、レイアウトをいつでも変更できるようになっている。虹色の小径は、カラフルな階段に囲まれた中央広場へと導き、その中心には大きなクスノキが立っている。生態農園、自然植栽エリア、アクティビティゾーン、砂場が、聴く・見る・触れるという体験を通じた学びを支えている。構造は鉄筋コンクリート造で、床と壁は子どもたちのために選ばれた色彩の耐候性ストーンペイントで仕上げられている。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Colorful Palette 幼稚園は、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Colorful Palette 幼稚園は、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Colorful Palette 幼稚園は、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
From the rainbow trail to the central square surrounded by colorful stairs, a big camphor tree as the core with sunlight spills in. The ecological farm allows kids to experience the fun of planting while the natural ecological area with various plants presents different atmospheres throughout the year. The activity and sandpit recreation areas allow kids to explore and stimulate their creativity. The irregular classroom spaces realize the flexibility and freedom to change the layout at any time.
Dimensions & Packaging
The overall site area is about 27,967.35 square meters, and the design kindergarten area is 5000 square meters.
Tags
Kindergarten, campus design, school, planning, color, environmental protection, green building, arc, joy, learning, colorful, palette, nature
Production Technology
The floor and walls of the architecture are painted with weather-resistant stone paint, according to childrens color psychological theory to reconcile a variety of colorful appearance. The building structure is reinforced concrete.
Design Challenge
In order to create irregular streamlined floors and curved walls, the architects and construction team used different levels of arc-shaped geometric color blocks on the ground with precise on-site lofting. These extremely difficult challenges have been successfully overcome through the use of satellite positioning and the professionalism and hard work of the design and construction team. The final result satisfied the clients and campus users very much!
Research
Located in a windy city, pleasant breezes are brought in with environmental control and mass design techniques to avoid the monsoon. Multiple activity zones are set up to suit theme-based teaching concepts, creating a knowledge paradise for kids besides turning the outdoors into living textbooks for sustainable green education. Flexible use of the intermediary spaces like outdoor and semi-outdoor spaces, implement a shared space concept, each corner of the campus is good for learning. The streamlined building volume matched with colorful tones extending from the ground to the wall.
Inspiration
The architect-designed an ideal kindergarten based on the educational concepts and needs of children with correspondence on the historical culture of the site and its natural environment, integrated with the urban green belt space and water canal heritage of the site. The overall design realizes the connection between the local community, living environment, education, heritage, and kindergarten space creation. Each design detail is conducive to the cultivation of the core qualities of the children.
Project Duration
The project finished in August 2020 in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.
Operation Flow
The architect himself has been engaged in school building design for many years and has a deep understanding of the needs of the educational environment. To inspire children's sensory experience, implement the learning model of hearing, seeing, and touching, and create a birds nest-shaped spatial volume, the overall space configuration includes various areas for natural teaching, healthy activities, arts, food safety education, and ecological education. The whole campus is rich in functions.
Team Members
WEI-CHENG LIN
Image Credits
WEI-CHENG LIN

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