Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021

Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021

Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021

Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron

STATUS
Built

SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft

BUDGET 
$10M - 50M

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
Shenzhen, China

CATEGORY
Commercial › Exhibition Center Showroom, Cultural › Gallery Museum , Educational › Nursery

A SITE COMPRESSED BY THE CITY

This is a kindergarten reconstruction and expansion project, located in the first residential community built in Shenzhen in the 1980s.

Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021

On the north side of the base is a preserved old building with a very irregular outline on the south side and very close to the housing.

FLOWING SPACE RELEASED FROM BLOCKS

Rather than following the traditional matrix layout, we developed a new geometric relationship between the new building and the site, by organizing a series of axises in different directions.

Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021

It is the most efficient way for classrooms to avoid the influence from the residentials and the main road.

The gaps among the education blocks give the smooth flow to the entire campus.

Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021

The new together with the old building enclose a large oval courtyard to hold various group events.

CLASSROOMS SURROUNDED BY NATURE

Each classroom is surrounded by nature. The space without names inbetween classrooms may be small or big, narrow or wide, up or down.

Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021

Combined with a generative curriculum, these different shapes will be redefined and changed by children and teachers in everyday life.

More than just a constant playground, the campus is a living community built by everyone in the kindergarten.

Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021

A THREE-DIMENSIONAL LIGHT MAZE

Connected by bridges and platforms, are there four cubic units, which are staggered and stacked by three-story standard classrooms.

During the day, light and shadow change with the sun. In the evening, the cubes emit mysterious lights, and become a playful maze for kids.

Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021


Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021
Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021


Kindergarten of Museum Forest_Apr_2021