Education architectural design
Located beside Kaohsiung’s Lotus Pond, this dedicated parent–child learning and play center is designed as a joyful journey for both adults and children. From exterior to interior, every step offers delight, supported by diverse programs and friendly instructors who together introduce a new model of experiential education.
On the ground floor, an infinity pool merges seamlessly with the view of Lotus Pond, creating a direct dialogue between water and architecture. The second floor houses a children’s exploration zone, complete with climbing nets that connect the two levels, encouraging physical play and discovery. Play assistants are on hand to guide and support, ensuring a safe yet liberating environment. For parents, a “birdcage” lounge offers a private retreat, with live camera feeds allowing them to watch over their children at any time.
Circulation has been reorganized to repeatedly frame the best vistas of the pond, ensuring that views of water and mountains are woven into every spatial sequence. Varied materials and colors highlight the adaptability of each zone, while the architecture itself embraces nature—blurring the boundaries between play, learning, and landscape.
Kaohsiung
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Tots Land
Beneath the Tree, a Child Sees the Sky
For the first time, a child gazes at the sky beneath the shelter of a great tree. On a wide meadow, he runs freely—
feeling the wind, the soil beneath the grass,
touching the strength of trees, the fragrance of flowers,
bathing in natural light and breathing pure air.
He climbs the mounds, rolls down the hills, runs up the slide, and dives into the sandpit.
Finally, he sits lightly on a swing beneath the tree, smiling with unguarded joy. Here, nature becomes an extension of his first home—as if the tree itself were a house. In this place, he learns without limits, grows without boundaries, and explores without end.
Kaohsiung
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Fengxiang Kindergarten
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Kaohsiung
Back in our student days, we often wondered: What should the ideal school look like?
The traditional elementary school in Taiwan has long been defined by familiar elements—pitched roofs, clay tiles, red brick façades, and perimeter fences. These archetypes, while familiar, have also limited how we envision spaces for learning and growth.
This project seeks to reframe that vision, introducing a new architectural language for the campus. It aspires to open a fresh perspective for children, expanding their horizons through spaces that inspire curiosity, creativity, and a renewed sense of possibility.
Chonghe Elementary School – Competition Proposal
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Kaohsiung
Spatial Muse is conceived as an architectural system that responds to both the body and the mind. Combining affective computing, intelligent modular materials, and green spatial planning, it seeks to create an emotional architecture—one that interacts with human thought and perception.
Under this concept of “sensitive space,” the building itself is imagined as a brain. Activities within the space are transmitted like neural signals, directly shaping its configuration and atmosphere. Here, architecture becomes an extension of the human mind, intuitively reflecting and adjusting to human needs.
The system operates on three levels:
1. Microscale – modular smart materials;
2. Macroscale – overall spatial scenarios;
3. Intermediary scale – affective computing structures linking both.
Together, these levels embody the essential dimensions of intelligent green architecture: the human factor, the environmental factor, and the architectural structure.
Located in the Heshunliao redevelopment zone of Tainan’s Annan District, the project proposes a streamlined “unmanned smart library.” The design integrates green space and an ecological pond, encircled by a ring-shaped structure and spiral pathways. Modular responsive units compose the adaptive façade, forming a protective environmental skin that balances external conditions with interior comfort.
Within this adaptive system, management becomes effortless, users naturally find what they seek, and resources are allocated with minimal waste. Spatial Muse thus positions itself as a forward-looking vision—where high technology, emotional intelligence, and ecological sensitivity converge to achieve holistic well-being and sustainable living.
