Grand Children Palace 早教中心 by Royin Studio

Grand Children Palace 早教中心 by Royin Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 室内空间与展览设计 Competition Category.

铁室内· 2021

Grand Children Palace 早教中心

by Royin Studio

Client: Royin Studio

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 室内 Category

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The Design

About Grand Children Palace 早教中心

"大小朋友宫"是位于中国广州的一家早教中心。中心坐落于一座旧厂房内,占地680平方米。空间中央的十字形开放区域可用于举办活动、开设课程及自由玩耍。设计削减了门与墙体的使用,使各活动室与中央空间保持连通,视线通透开阔。室内各处设置了大小不一的洞口,鼓励孩子们探索发现。材料选用环保乳胶漆、木饰面、橡木地板与陶瓷砖。众多细节均围绕儿童的安全与舒适而设计。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Grand Children Palace 早教中心是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Grand Children Palace 早教中心将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Grand Children Palace 早教中心因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

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.