Colorful Palette Hortus Infantium by Wei Cheng Lin

Colorful Palette Hortus Infantium by Wei Cheng Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Architectura Competition Category.

FerrumArchitectura· 2021

Colorful Palette Hortus Infantium

by Wei Cheng Lin

Client: Wei Cheng Lin Architecture Firm

Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum Winner in Architectura Category

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The Design

About Colorful Palette Hortus Infantium

Palette Colorata est hortus infantium in urbe Hsinchu, Taiwaniae, exstructus. Aedificium formam fluentem habet, parietibus curvis et cubiculis scholasticis inaequalibus praeditum, quae dispositionem quovis tempore mutari sinunt. Semita arcus caelestis ad forum centrale ducit, scalis coloratis circumdatum, ubi arbor camphorae magna in medio stat. Fundus oecologicus, area satus naturalis, zonae actionum et fovea arenaria discendi per auditum, visum et tactum adiuvant. Structura ex cemento armato constat, pavimenta vero et parietes pictura lapidea intemperiei resistente, coloribus pueris electis, perficiuntur.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum

Colorful Palette Hortus Infantium victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Colorful Palette Hortus Infantium creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. Colorful Palette Hortus Infantium ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.

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