The Winding Sunlight 绘本图书馆 by Wei Ju Wang

The Winding Sunlight 绘本图书馆 by Wei Ju Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 银奖 in 室内空间与展览设计 Competition Category.

银室内· 2021

The Winding Sunlight 绘本图书馆

by Wei Ju Wang

Client: WWJ Architect

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 室内 Category

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The Design

About The Winding Sunlight 绘本图书馆

《蜿蜒的阳光》是一座为学龄前儿童打造的绘本图书馆。空间布局开放而灵活，各区域之间不作严格划分。自由的曲线、弧形与立体几何形态引导着人们在空间中的行进路线。芥末绿与土耳其蓝与木质材料相搭配，营造出宁静而不失活泼的色调。功能设施隐藏于柜体之中，圆润的窗洞将景致框入其间。弧形书架、螺旋阅读室、曲线阶梯与木格栅天花，共同鼓励幼儿自由探索。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

The Winding Sunlight 绘本图书馆是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计The Winding Sunlight 绘本图书馆将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。The Winding Sunlight 绘本图书馆是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The concept of transparent space is used in this design and the space is not absolutely demarcated. It is laid out in bright and lively mustard green and turkey blue. Also, it adopts a three-dimensional shape to enclose the geometric soft decoration in multiple spatial configurations. With the flow curve of the layer plan, it cuts out an open free field. Hiding the function in the cabinet, it uses the arc and the rounded window view as the cutting.
Dimensions & Packaging: This project is exclusively designed for preschool children. It takes good advantage of geometric shape cutting as the main idea. Uses arc curves and bright colors to appropriately adjust the height of steps and laminates. Adopts wooden materials and a three-dimensional ceiling cut by 3D thunder, which matches harmoniously with bright colors. It presents a concise and gentle spatial tone. The design elements include the free curves and three-dimensional geometric objects in the whole space.
Tags: Exclusive space for children, Open and flexible space, Abstract and simple geometry, Flowing curves, Progressive color
Production Technology: The whole space is designed as an open field with multiple functions. In consideration of the comprehensive characteristics of the space, the open field is used as the main idea, supplemented by circular, arcuate, and linear flow. The curve elements are gradually deployed in space. The learning space wont restricted to traditional classrooms. Space maintains flexibility in the field and the design team design exclusive configurations for children.
Design Challenge: In order to make the geometric shapes have distinct three-dimensional characteristics in the space, a corner of the ceiling is specially cut and customized with wooden fence-like pieces of wood. Also, the arrangement is arranged with smooth curve textures to match the overall spatial tone. The three-dimensional wooden grid ceiling presents a linear distribution, echoing the arc-cut bookcases, the spiral ceiling of reading rooms, and cushion-backed chairs with arm-wrapped.
Research: The design team makes the space well-planned and plans the most suitable activity field for preschool children. The design team realizes that children have innate cognition in space. A fluid and harmonious space tone are formed through three-dimensional geometric and curved surface cutting elements. Also, many circular arc surfaces are used such as ring lights in the three-dimensional wooden grid ceiling, the mustard green spiral reading rooms rounded ground, half-curved bookcases, opposite windows, curved ladder, and streamlined stratum.
Inspiration: This project is exclusively designed for preschool children to set up a picture book library. Its idea comes from childrens perception and interactive nature when they are in touch with the environment, using pure flowing lines and contrasting colors to design the space. The dynamic atmosphere of space triggers children's instincts of space exploration.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2018 and finished in August 2019 in Taiwan.
Operation Flow: The whole space takes the idea of preschool childrens learning field. The design takes childrens natural sense of order and creativity into account. Thus, the design team adopts the elements of three-dimensional geometry, arcs, free curves, and bright colors that are close to childrens psychology. Also, the design team employs wood materials and progressive colors so that the overall space presents a concise and rich spatial tone of flowing image.
Team Members: Wei-Ju Wang
Image Credits: WWJ Architect