Colorful Palette Kleurrijk Palet by Wei Cheng Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in IJzer in Architectuur, Gebouwen en Constructieontwerp Competition Category.
IJzerArchitectuur· 2021
Colorful Palette Kleurrijk Palet
Client: Wei Cheng Lin Architecture Firm
A' Design Award in IJzer Winner in Architectuur Category
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About Colorful Palette Kleurrijk Palet
Kleurrijk Palet is een kleuterschool ontworpen in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. Het gebouw heeft een gestroomlijnd volume met gebogen wanden en onregelmatige klaslokalen, waardoor de indeling op elk moment kan worden aangepast. Een regenboogpad leidt naar een centraal plein dat wordt omlijst door kleurrijke trappen, met een grote kamferboom als middelpunt. Een ecologische boerderij, een natuurlijke plantenzone, activiteitengebieden en een zandbak ondersteunen het leren via horen, zien en voelen. De constructie is van gewapend beton, en vloeren en wanden zijn afgewerkt met weerbestendige steenverf in kleuren die speciaal voor kinderen zijn gekozen.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award in IJzer
Colorful Palette Kleurrijk Palet is winnaar van de A' Design Award in IJzer, een prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan goede ontwerpen die voldoen aan de professionele en industriële eisen die worden verwacht van goed ontworpen creaties. Winnaars in IJzer tonen grote vaardigheid, hoge specialisatie, deskundig inzicht en het creatieve vermogen van hun makers. Colorful Palette Kleurrijk Palet wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerde, bewonderde en gekoesterde creatie te zijn die praktisch en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in IJzer heeft gewonnen, integreert de beste praktijken uit de sector en heeft bekwame technische kenmerken die verbonden zijn met knowhow en talent. Colorful Palette Kleurrijk Palet wordt gerespecteerd om zijn grondigheid en is ontworpen om verbeteringen van de levenskwaliteit te bieden die helpen de wereld een betere plek te maken.
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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