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Pod House ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱱ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ by Liben Design Office

Pod House ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱱ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ by Liben Design Office is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱨᱚᱫᱟᱨᱥᱚᱱᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.


ᱠᱟᱥᱟᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ· 2021

Pod House ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱱ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ

by Liben Design Office

Client: Liben Design Office

A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ Category

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The Design

About Pod House ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱱ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ

ᱯᱳᱰ ᱦᱟᱶᱥ ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱮᱠᱨᱟᱹ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱱ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱶ ᱥᱟᱶᱦᱟᱭ ᱥᱷᱷᱟᱸᱜᱦᱟᱭ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱩᱦᱤ ᱠᱚᱢ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱭ ᱥᱩᱨᱟᱴᱟ ᱠᱩᱦᱤ ᱛᱟᱲᱟᱢ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱴᱷᱮᱱ ᱵᱟᱨᱦᱮ ᱦᱟᱡᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱚᱨ ᱵᱟᱭᱥ (120 sq.m) ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱮᱞᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ (L-shaped) ᱡᱩᱲᱤ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱴᱷᱟᱶᱠᱟᱱ ᱨᱟᱠᱷᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱤᱱᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱟᱠᱤᱡᱟᱹ ᱟᱠᱟᱨ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱭ ᱟᱲᱟᱠ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱟᱠᱟᱨ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱟᱛᱟᱨ ᱮᱨᱟ ᱠᱩᱦᱤ ᱴᱷᱮᱱ ᱟᱠᱩ ᱤᱫᱤ ᱡᱚᱠᱷᱚᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ, ᱟᱨ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱛᱮᱛᱮ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱩᱛᱩ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱵᱟᱨ ᱴᱟᱠᱟ ᱥᱠᱟᱭᱞᱟᱭᱴ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱶ ᱥᱟᱲᱦᱟᱶ ᱛᱟᱲᱟᱢ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱮᱡ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ, ᱚᱱᱰᱮ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱪᱚᱴ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱞ ᱴᱨᱮᱠ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱮᱞ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱾ ᱜᱚᱞ ᱟᱠᱚᱨᱠᱚ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱴᱮᱱᱞᱮᱥ ᱥᱴᱤᱞ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱᱠᱚ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟᱱᱠᱚ ᱱᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱟᱠᱟᱨ ᱵᱮᱨᱟᱸ ᱴᱷᱮᱱ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱡᱚᱢᱟᱭ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ, ᱪᱚᱲᱟᱶ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱚᱢ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱾

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ

Pod House ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱱ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱟᱣᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Pod House ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱱ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The project is located at a kindergarten in Xuhui district of Shanghai with enclosed L-shaped. The south and west sides of the base are intensely close to the wall and adjacent to the residential area. The internal facilities are placed at the east side, while the north side is the internal road of the kindergarten. The original function of the project is the abandoned laundry.
Dimensions & Packaging
Covering an area of 120 square meters, this is a typical project like casting masterpieces in the pigeonholes.
Tags
Interior, Commercial, Kindergarten, Nursery School, Modern, Simple, Natural, Art
Production Technology
The roof has kept the shape of pods, setting up a circular roof track and a playground for children. Two center skylights provide sufficient lighting for the pea house. A small climbing slope is designed around the circular skylights. A pod-shaped skylight serves as a glass path for children to explore. The relationship between the sight lines from skylights also makes the dialogue in the space more vivid and interesting.
Design Challenge
It is asked for making the laundry be rebuilt into a space for students' demands of learning and dancing. Complying with some requirements, the building boundary is not allowed to be over the original campus wall, and the height is not allowed to be out of the original building height. Those external pools, rockery, and other facilities are needed to be retained.
Research
Urban renewal is becoming one of the important roles in urban development. In addition to community and business renovation, some schools in the city center are also faced with the problem of land shortage and unable to expand. Therefore, it is worth thinking to solve the problem how to make effective transformation and utilization of the existing campus site for extension of functions and more spaces under constraint conditions.
Inspiration
How to outline a fun space for activities and class of children and teachers in this small venue is the initial starting point of the design. Children are lively. They are good runners and explorers. Therefore, the design attempts to build a space that satisfies the curiosity of children and taps the potential of sports based on their activity and psychological characteristics.
Project Duration
The project started in January 2018 in Shanghai and finished in August 2019 in Shanghai.
Operation Flow
Those indoor different-sized round holes together with the specular reflection of stainless steel and circular skylights of furred ceiling blurred indoor boundary, meanwhile increased dimensional interest.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Name Lei Dong, 2019.
Team Members
Qian Li
Nicolas Bai
Fang He
Huifang Sun
Yinmei Li
Jiawei Tian
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Lei Dong, Pod House, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Lei Dong, Pod House, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Lei Dong, Pod House, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Lei Dong, Pod House, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Lei Dong, Pod House, 2019.

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