Primary School and Kindergarten (2011)

Project Data
 
Total GFA:   7.500m2
Location:   Guangzhou, China
Function:   Education
Features:    School and kindergarten with integrated multi-layered outdoor facilities
Scope:   1st Prize Competition Entry, Architectural Concept Design
Status:   Planning
 
 
Project Summary
 
Primary school and Kindergarten are designed strictly with the children’s and toddlers perspective and view of the environment and their surrounding world in mind.

The design facilitates orientation by color-coding of different areas bot in school and kindergarten. Most importantly, strong emphasis was put on the synergies between indoor and outdoor spaces: the school building is elevated and therefore provides a large, open but shaded, ground floor area for breaks and other outdoor activities without being exposed to the sun.

The Kindergarten has an elevated play deck, completely secured and greened providing an activity area all functional group rooms have direct access to, while the ground floor remains a generous multifunction indoor area for joint activities on rainy days.