Kendall International Desain Interior Sikola Taman Kanak-kanak by Cocoon Architecture Ltd.

Basi Interior · 2020

Kendall International Desain Interior Sikola Taman Kanak-kanak

by Cocoon Architecture Ltd.

A' Design Award Basi 2020 in Interior
CLIENT: Cocoon Architecture Ltd
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About Kendall International Desain Interior Sikola Taman Kanak-kanak

Kendall International marupokan interior sikola taman kanak-kanak nan taletak di podium sabuah bangunan tingkek di Hong Kong. Ruang kelas nan basipek kotak digantikan jo rumah-rumah baa kampuang satangah tinggi nan disusun mangalilingi plaza tangah. Plaza tu mamanfaatkan tinggi ruang podium nan lapang, sarato dilengkapi jo dindiang panjek, rumah buruang nan dipasang di ateh tiang, jalan satapak nan ditinggikan, jo parosotan. Bukaan-bukaan manyambuangkan ruang kelas nan tanang jo plaza nan panuah aktivitas. Bahan-bahan alami nan sederhana, dalam warna putiah jo corak kayu, mambantuak latar balakang nan tanang. Tata lataknyo mandukuang caro baraja malalui panjalajahan sarato manumbuahkan raso kabasamoan.

About the A' Design Award Basi

Kendall International Desain Interior Sikola Taman Kanak-kanak adolah pamenang A' Design Award Basi, sabuah pangakuan nan bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan elok nan mamanuhi kaparluan profesional jo industri nan dipaokan dari ciptaan nan dirancang jo elok. Pamenang Basi mamparlihatkan kamahiran nan gadang, spesialisasi nan tinggi, pamahaman pakar jo kapasitas kreatif panciptanyo. Kendall International Desain Interior Sikola Taman Kanak-kanak dipaokan manjadi ciptaan nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan praktis jo inovatif. Rancangan nan manang Basi iko mamasukkan praktik tabaik industri jo punyo ciri teknis nan cakap nan bapautan jo ilimu jo bakaik. Kendall International Desain Interior Sikola Taman Kanak-kanak dihormati karano katalitiannyo jo dirancang untuak maningkekkan kualitas hiduik jo mambantu manjadikan dunia tampek nan labiah elok.

Press Kit

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.
Image Credits: cocoon architecture ltd.