Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace

Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace

Guangzhou Urban Planning & Design Survey Research Institute

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Zhanhong Hu, Yidui Lai

NTERIOR DESIGN TEAM
City Group

LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
Dan Ye

ENGINEERING
Guangzhou Urban Planning & Design Survey Research Institute

CHIEF DESIGNER
Zhanhong Hu, Yidui Lai

CONSULTANTS
Guangzhou Urban Planning & Design Survey Research Institute

ARCHITECTS
Zhanhong Hu, Yuehong Fan, Huimei Ou, Yidui Lai, Qingning Zhang, Han Yang, Chenghui Zhang, Ming Li, Qi Zeng, Yan Liang, Zhongjing Tan, Ziyan Li, Zuoan Xu

STRUCTURE ENGINEERS
Yang Liu, Weijun Chen, Zhiqiang Yang, Runzhong Wei

WATER SUPPLY & DRAINAGE
Dongyan Liu, Bijuan Liu

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
Bin Tian, Zhiqiang Zhou

HEATING AND VENTILATING ENGINEERS
Xianghui Zhang

CLIENTS
Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace

FACADE CONSULTANT
Guangzhou Tec Architectural Technology Co., Ltd

COLLABORATORS
City Group

AREA
29000 M²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Guang Zhou Shi, China

CATEGORY
Cultural Architecture, Educational Architecture, Public Architecture

Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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Located in the cultural center of Huangpu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, the project is one of the core buildings of the regional science education area, forming a cluster of urban public activity places with the sports center, library, and other public buildings.

Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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It covers a total area of 28,000 square meters, with a floor area of 29,000 square meters. There are five floors above the ground and one floor underground, with a total height of 27 meters.

The project consists of a main teaching building and a 450-seat theater, which are connected by an air corridor, and has effectively enhanced the vitality of urban public space for the regional urban environment and has become a landmark of urban public culture in Huangpu District, Guangzhou.

Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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By conforming to the topography, the project designer connected the two groups of buildings with a streamlined bridge, forming a continuous citizen’s corridor and urban interface.

Children’s Palace was arranged on the west side and the theater on the east side of the site, which achieved iconicity and uniformity in the city display interface.

Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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In terms of functions, it integrates multiple functions such as young pioneers’ activities, children’s education display, science experience, science and aesthetic education, and sports fields, providing diverse learning and activity places for children.

Under the regular and rigorous plan, the outer contour of the building is free and lively.

The free cloud-shaped space combined with the colorful horizontal louvers shows uncertainty and flexibility and softens the external façade with the shape of colorful petals, creating a curved flowing shape.

Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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Infinite kinds of facades are displayed from different perspectives, and every glance is full of new ideas.

Making building “Fun”, it adopts a free and lively “Rainbow Cloud” shape and applies children’s game elements such as tangram, magic ruler, Rubik’s cube, jumping plane, gyroscope, ball maze, rainbow circle into the interior and landscape, that the wall, floor, ceiling and any other corner in the building could become friends of children.

With the theme of “to let childhood dreams fly”, the main garden of the Children’s Palace gives children a place to explore the enjoyment of a life refreshed in nature.

Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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The enjoyable large-scale balloon wall and the interspersed mini-platforms on different heights around the courtyard become marvelous universes in the eyes of children.

Under the premise of high quality, designers adhere to the original design intention of economy, applicability, and aesthetics to reduce costs.

Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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Unilateral cost is 25% lower than similar projects in China. The sailing light shed and rainbow railing design won China's innovation utility model patent.

The design process is a respect and response to the public space of the Lingnan region.

Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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Guangzhou Third Children’s Palace
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It provides interesting and comfortable learning and activity spaces for teenagers in the community and spreads the design concept that encourages creativity and stimulates the imagination of teenagers, which embodies a realistic and pragmatic cultural deposit and spiritual pursuit of Lingnan architectural design.


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Plan - Ground floor
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Plan - 1st floor
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Plan - 2nd floor
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Plan - 3rd floor
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Plan - 4th floor
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Plan - Roof floor


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Analysis - Architectural form organized by the atrium
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Axonometric - Diagram of the ventilated atrium
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Axonometric - Rainbow grille skin


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Diagram - City relationship analysis
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Diagram - Architectural Generation