Grand Children Palace Nofoaga Aʻoaʻoga Muamua mo Tamaiti Laiti by Royin Studio

Grand Children Palace Nofoaga Aʻoaʻoga Muamua mo Tamaiti Laiti by Royin Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.

UʻameaTotonu· 2021

Grand Children Palace Nofoaga Aʻoaʻoga Muamua mo Tamaiti Laiti

by Royin Studio

Client: Royin Studio

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Totonu Category

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The Design

About Grand Children Palace Nofoaga Aʻoaʻoga Muamua mo Tamaiti Laiti

Grand Children Palace o se nofoaga aʻoaʻoga muamua mo tamaiti laiti i Guangzhou, Saina. O loʻo nofoia e le nofoaga le 680 mita sikuea i totonu o se fale falegaosimea muamua. O se avanoa tatala i le foliga koluse i le ogatotonu e talimalo ai mea faʻalavelave, vasega ma taʻaloga saoloto. Ua faʻaitiitia faitotoʻa ma puipui, ina ia tumau ai ona feso'ota'i ma matala i le vaai potu gaioiga ma le avanoa autu. O loʻo tuʻufaʻatasia pu laiti i totonu atoa o le fale e faʻamalosia ai tamaiti e suʻesuʻe. O mea e aofia ai vali suauʻu eco, veneer laupapa, fola oki ma ma'a ceramic. E tele auiliiliga ua mamanuina mo le saogalemu ma le mafanafana o tamaiti.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Grand Children Palace Nofoaga Aʻoaʻoga Muamua mo Tamaiti Laiti, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Grand Children Palace Nofoaga Aʻoaʻoga Muamua mo Tamaiti Laiti e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Grand Children Palace Nofoaga Aʻoaʻoga Muamua mo Tamaiti Laiti ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Grand Children Palace, an early learning center, helps children get off to the best possible start and develop various skills while enjoying different monthly programs. The cross-shape open space in the middle of the center provided more possibilities for teacher and external organization to hold events and classes.
Dimensions & Packaging: Netarea is 680 square meters. It's a renovation project which was transformed into a educational space from an old factory space.
Tags: children, early education, open space, pure
Production Technology: Main materials: eco emulsion paint, wood veneer, oak floor and ceramic tiles. This project has deatails which are special designed for children's safety and comfort. Small holes are created throughout the space to encourage children to explore and play.
Design Challenge: We removed part of the factories ceiling due to its poor conditions, which lead to two unexpected gaps between the brick wall and the arc rooftop that exposed the exterior facade. On top of that, the fire protection of the factory did not satisfy the requirements of a facility for educational purposes. As result, we managed to reconstruct the ceiling and fulfill the fire protection requirements, under very limited budget.
Research: In Southern China, most of early learning centers only have separate classrooms for children to learn and play. But usually this kind of classroom is small and it would have a restriction on children and parents while playing and studying. And clients want this early learning centers to be a place for children to feel free without too much limitation. In the end, we design an open space to meet the wish of client without using the traditional space planing.
Inspiration: We took the Grand Palais as the reference for early learning center design, because the Grand Palais has a spacious open space, housing various artistic events of Paris. What if we could give the early learning center much more space for future events and playground? The idea would save budget for clients, better business plan for propaganda, better place for hosting events and more ideal way for teaching and playing. In the end, we keep a big comfortable space in the middle of the center.
Project Duration: This project started in April 2018, and finished in August 2018 in Guangzhou, China.
Operation Flow: The design of this learning center allows the students to interact in the building with freedom and creativity. Unlike traditional learning centers, the activity spaces and the central open scape are interconnected, obstacles such as doors and walls are minimized, the connection between spaces generate a sense of transparency. This encourages inhabitants, whether students or teachers, to interact with the functions of spaces and each other more frequently.
Team Members: Roy Yin, He Sen, Tingkui Zhou, Diana Liang , Liu Yan, Huiyun Miao
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Roy Yin, Grand Children Palace, 2018.
Image #2: Photographer Roy Yin.
Image #3: Photographer Roy Yin.
Image #4: Photographer Roy Yin.
Image #5: Photographer Roy Yin.