Pod House Uyilo Lwangaphakathi Lwe-Kindergarten by Liben Design Office

Pod House Uyilo Lwangaphakathi Lwe-Kindergarten by Liben Design Office is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lweNdawo yangaPhakathi kunye noMboniso Competition Category.

IbhronziIngaphakathi· 2021

Pod House Uyilo Lwangaphakathi Lwe-Kindergarten

by Liben Design Office

Client: Liben Design Office

Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award Winner in Ingaphakathi Category

13,481

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #122752

View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Pod House Uyilo Lwangaphakathi Lwe-Kindergarten

I-Pod House lulwakhiwo lwangaphakathi lwe-kindergarten olwenziwe ngaphakathi kwesakhiwo esasisakhiwo sokuvasa sangaphambili kwisithili saseXuhui, eShanghai. Ulwakhiwo lwangaphakathi lugubungela indawo eyi-120 yeesikwere zeemitha. Uthango oludala olumi ngendlela ka-L lugcinwe, kwaza kwongezwa umthamo ongafani onjenge-arki ngaphakathi kwalo. Umbombo osontelweyo ukhumbuza inkozo yombona, nto leyo ephe uyilo igama lawo. Iifestile ezimbini eziphakathi ezisemantla zizisa ukukhanya kwemini ngaphakathi, ngelixa uphahla luphethe umgca ojikelezayo kunye nendawo yokudlala. Iingcango ezijikelezileyo kunye nomphezulu wentsimbi engagcini yenza ubunciphane bemida yangaphakathi lube buthambo. Iindawo zokugcina izinto, ukutshintsha impahla kunye nokuhlamba zithatha indawo engaphandle kweendonga ezisontelweyo.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award

Pod House Uyilo Lwangaphakathi Lwe-Kindergarten ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo kakhulu okunikwa imiyilo ephawulekayo eyahlukaniswa kukuyila, ubukrelekrele nobukrelekrele. Abaphumeleleyo beBhronzi ziimveliso ezinobuchule obukhulu nezidala ngokumangalisayo ezingqina amava aphangaleleyo, ukucinga nokwazi ukuzenzela kwabayili bazo. Pod House Uyilo Lwangaphakathi Lwe-Kindergarten iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimpahla exatyiswa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo enobungcali obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award ubandakanya iindlela ezilungileyo kakhulu kubugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha kwaye ugqwesile ngenxa yokunikela ingqalelo kwiinkcukacha. Pod House Uyilo Lwangaphakathi Lwe-Kindergarten iyanelisa iimfuno ngokumangalisayo, ichukumisa iinqwenelo, ikhwebela iimvakalelo kwaye itsala umdla.

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.