Iron Architecture, Building and Structure Design · 2021
Colorful Palette Educational Institute
- A' Design Award 2021 Iron Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
- CLIENT: Wei Cheng Lin Architecture Firm
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 10,040
- Verification code 9370D622B1 · Verify this award
About Colorful Palette Educational Institute
Colorful Palette is a kindergarten designed in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. The building has a streamlined volume with curved walls and irregular classrooms that allow the layout to be changed at any time. A rainbow trail leads to a central square framed by colorful stairs, where a large camphor tree stands as the core. An ecological farm, a natural planting area, activity zones and a sandpit support learning through hearing, seeing and touching. The structure is reinforced concrete, and floors and walls are finished with weather-resistant stone paint in colors chosen for children.
Press Kit
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- Image Credits
- WEI-CHENG LIN