After School Spatium Habitationis Communis by Tsung-Ju Lu and Lin Tsai-Wen

After School Spatium Habitationis Communis by Tsung-Ju Lu and Lin Tsai-Wen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Designatio Interior Competition Category.

ArgentumInterior· 2020

After School Spatium Habitationis Communis

by Tsung-Ju Lu and Lin Tsai-Wen

Client: Creative Group

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About After School Spatium Habitationis Communis

Post Scholam est spatium interius commune pueris per horas post scholam creatum. Descriptio aperta nullos parietes intergerinos habet, quod aream ad actiones aptam auget. Tectum arboris domui simile atmosphaeram loci secreti addit. Magnae fenestrae vitreae aulaeis similes viridia externa intro adducunt, et zona lectionis ante fenestras collocatur. Mutationes in altitudine pavimenti diversas areas definiunt et armarium librorum formant. Materiae perlucidae et reflectentes angulos periculosos vitare adiuvant. Spatium cursus sustinet quales coquinam, figulinam, lectionem librorum pictorum et picturam.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

After School Spatium Habitationis Communis victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur After School Spatium Habitationis Communis opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. After School Spatium Habitationis Communis creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Using the idea of sharing space to solve the issue of elementary students’ after school-caring. Utilizing the interesting and safe spaces (ex. treehouse-like ceiling, no-partition and open space, the large curtain glass windows bring the green from the outdoor, the bookcase created by different floor-level height, the reading zone in front of the windows, etc), also matching the various living experience course. The project offers an after-school space for kids enjoying and parents satisfying.
Dimensions & Packaging: System cabinet, ultra-wear-resistant wooden floor, artificial stone, wood jalousie, baizhou soil, magnetic iron plate
Tags: Share house ,Co-Working space
Production Technology: 1.The large curtain glass windows bring the green from the outdoor.
2.The treehouse-like ceiling adds the spatial atmosphere of the secret site.
3.The whole area is no-partition and the open space increase the activities area.
4.Applying lots of the high-transparent and reflective materials makes space be without the dangerous corners.
5.Utilizing the different floor-level height to define the place, distinguish the different programs and increase the delight.
Design Challenge: 1.Using the idea of sharing space to solve the issue of elementary students’ after school-caring.
2.Utilizing the interesting and safe spaces (ex. treehouse-like ceiling, no-partition and open space, the large curtain glass windows bring the green from the outdoor, the bookcase created by different floor-level height, the reading zone in front of the windows, etc), also matching the various living experience course. The project offers an after-school space for kids enjoying and parents satisfying.
3.More parents with different skills take part in this project and design these various courses. Unexpectedly, the parents share the living experience with each other by participating.
Research: Because of the parents’ working time and competitive kids’ school work, one-third of the students should go to cram school after school until 9 pm in Taiwan. The phenomenon leads to some problems with society and children growing. As a result, we propose the concept of the sharing space to create a place for children activities after school. The place is also used as office space for the parents and it could add more the parent-child time.
Different from the studying space in cram school, the course on the site would be held in turns by mothers who have various interests. They would let children study together, experience some artwork and share the living. We designed the cooking space, reading space, picture book space, gaming space, and pottery classroom. This project makes children could really experience and learn the knowledge different from the textbooks and it invite the parents with the same social background to manage this place as mutual caring parent-child space in this modern city living.
Inspiration: Inspired by the social issue of After school time caring for kids ,client is a couple having 2 kids studying in elementary school. They also have to face the problem placing their children after school yet caring their business , rather choosing among with numerous cram school, they decide to utilize an ideal space to create a new sharing space. They also invite several classmates and parents to participate in this project, expecting these interesting spaces present to an after-school secret site for kids enjoying and parents satisfying.
Project Duration: 2018-2019 , Taipei ,Taiwan
Operation Flow: The design concept utilizes sharing space to create a secret site for children. This project lets them enjoy and look forward to going to the site for learning, experiencing and sharing after school. In order to achieve this goal, we do this project in two parts. First, we organize the parents to design the numerous courses out of the range of the textbooks, such as cooking, pottery, picture book reading, painting, exercising. Second, we refer to these courses to mix into space. The interesting and safe are the main concept in spatial design.
Team Members: Tsung-Ju Lu ,Lin Tsai-Wen
Image Credits: Mooten Photography