Grand Children Palace 早期教育中心 by Royin Studio

Grand Children Palace 早期教育中心 by Royin Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.

鐵室內· 2021

Grand Children Palace 早期教育中心

by Royin Studio

Client: Royin Studio

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 室內 Category

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The Design

About Grand Children Palace 早期教育中心

《大树宫殿》係一间设于中国广州嘅早期教育中心。中心设于一座旧厂房建筑内,面积共680平方米。中央位置有一个十字形嘅开放空间,用嚟举办活动、上课同自由玩耍。设计上减少咗门同墙嘅使用,令各活动室同中央空间保持连贯,视觉上更加开阔通透。室内四周设有细小嘅孔洞,鼓励小朋友探索周围环境。所用材料包括环保乳胶漆、木饰面板、橡木地板同瓷砖。许多细节设计都以小朋友嘅安全同舒适为出发点。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Grand Children Palace 早期教育中心是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Grand Children Palace 早期教育中心將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Grand Children Palace 早期教育中心因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

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.