JARAMTEO 

• Architects: KHY architects
• Area: 398.36 m²
• Year: 2017
• Photographs: Hwang Hyo Chel
• Manufacturers: Clay Max

Nursing rooms where children spend most of their times are placed towards South for quality lighting, and towards North are placed stairs, elevator, and ancillary rooms. This placement derives contrastingshapes of windows on each side due to different function. Consequently, South and North elevation end up with contrasting looks.

South elevation has varying shapes of windows on a simple rectangular background, with repetition of 1.2m height rectangular sliding windows (which promotes lighting and ventilation), and semicircular or triangular polycarbonate fixed windows (for additional lighting at eyelevel of children). On the contrary, North elevation has irregular outlines shaped by elements such as entry, parking space, rooftop playground, outdoor staircase and an elevator.

This order of facade is also invited inside. Semicircular openings between nursing room and common use space not only emphasize the entrance, but also generate playful sceneries by adding another layer of openings between northern and southern walls.

Unburnt clay bricks of yellow are mainly used for outer walls as kindergarten would have warm presence in the neighborhood and blend in with surrounding brick houses. However, for areas that have alterations in shapes, yellow aluminum sheet or stucco is applied in order to emphasize the playfulness of facade. In addition, pink stone material is applied as a visual connection between rectangular, triangular and semicircular windows to bring out the rhythm even more. Yellow storm sewer pipe is also intended as one of these playful elements.

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 JARAMTEO KINDERGARTEN, a district kindergarten of Gwangjin-Gu is sited at a typical residential area where multi-household houses cluster in Junggok-dong. Due to narrowness of the site, facing little to the road and closely surrounded by buildings, JARAMTEO KINDERGARTEN was designed to stand out symbolically as a kindergarten, while blending in with the neighborhood. Restrictions such as, confined site area, accommodation requirement and barrier-free certification derived plans and sections. So the focus of design was on shapes of openings that determinethe image of an elevation.

 NUBO/PAL DESIGN 

• Architects: PAL Design ; Design: Joey Ho
• Area: 768.0 m²
• Year: 2017
• Photographs: Michelle Young, Amy Piddington

Its core spaces satiate kids’ curiosity and emphasise the concept of ‘Pure Play’ to make and create and with facilities carefully designed and flexibly suited for children aged two to eight. Suited for children in their various stages of learning to safely and explore the entire space, the overall design takes a minimalist approach to remove unnecessary furniture and equipment - with just enough to invent their own games.

On turn, NUBO boasts a variety of ‘Pure Play’ spaces and activities including an extensive children’s library; a building and rooms full of Big Blue Block, MagFormers, Lego Wedo 2.0 and Kaleido Gears; a café where children can make a range of healthy dishes; and a zone for active play completed with opportunities to slide, climb and hide.

Equally important is to invite parents to spend quality family time together – and with plenty of interactions, too. Adults are also invited to relax and even learn alongside their kids with child-like curiosity. ‘Pure Play’, after all, means something for everyone in this well-designed space to enjoy.

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As I know of the NUBO – as its meaning cloud suggests – is hard to pin down with its unlimited potential as a stimulating and inclusive play centre to encourage learning, exploration, boundless imagination. Its core spaces satiate kids’ curiosity and emphasize the concept of ‘Pure Play’, which means something for everyone in this well-designed space to enjoy. The overall design takes a minimalist approach to remove unnecessary furniture and equipment - with just enough to invent their own games. Equally important is to invite parents to spend quality family time together – and with plenty of interactions, too. Adults are also invited to relax and even learn alongside their kids with child-like curiosity.

Imaginative and creative play is important for children’s cognitive development. I would like to create the space as NUBO does, use manipulating materials, experimenting with ideas, testing their abilities, contemplating different resolutions and trying different roles, children can develop critical thinking skills and problem-solving abilities. Imagination and creativity are also important for good architecture and design. Nubo is a new indoor playground style of the design where children are encouraged to “exercise [their] imagination,” and it required the design team to exercise their imagination to create a space that would stimulate children’s creativity and resourcefulness.

 Colorful booths enliven Hayarden school for children of refugees in Tel Aviv 

A house-shaped reading nook and colourful paintwork are among the playful features in this school for the children of refugees living in Tel Aviv, which has been overhauled by a team of local architects and designers.

The Hayarden school is designed for children aged five to 16, who predominantly live in Tel Aviv's Hatikva Quarter – a working-class neighbourhood where there has been a surge in African asylum-seekers finding refuge.

The team chose simple and cheap ways to add elements of fun into the communal spaces, lobby and corridors. An ecological garden and playground were also designed by Lavi Kushelevich.

A series of geometric oak volumes housing tables, cabinets and upholstered benches are inserted into one of the corridors. These create cosy nooks for students to sit, study, read and play either in groups or in private.

One volume is in the outline of a residence with a pitched roof, to further enhance the homey aesthetic

"The theme of the house was repeated in the space, creating a sense of belonging," said Hay, who also added a chalk-wall in the shape of a home to the school. The black design features thick white lines to demarcate squares for different drawings.

Other details in the school include huge swathes of yellow, pink and blue hues that brighten the existing concrete walls.

A fuschia staircase pops against a turquoise wall, with a small orange-floored sitting area underneath. Another area has concrete block walls painted yellow with a cork board design, a red table and a bright blue banquette.

"The principal told us that the atmosphere at the school has changed ever since: the kids have more self-esteem and there is less violence," Hay added. "[The kids] were deeply touched that someone had actually made an effort especially for them."

The Hayarden school is currently attended by 360 pupils from kindergarten to sixth grade. Its location is near to the city's decaying Central Bus Station, which has become a hive of commercial activity for migrants, and a haven for drug addicts.

Hay highlighted the "importance of aesthetic and designed learning environment for all children, especially in an economically disadvantaged area"

"School becomes a second home for these children who mostly don't have the safe and intimate corner in their own home," she said.

"It's at these times that I feel that design becomes a tool for social change," the designer continued. "The power of education that can change and influence and therefore create a better life for less-fortunate kids is immense."
Hay's sentiment chimes in with that of the American Institute of Architects, which recently called on "the power of design" to help address violence in US schools and create safer environments for children.

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As a designer, we have the responsiblity to protect the our children' s safety. "It's at these times that I feel that design becomes a tool for social change," And also "The power of education that can change and influence and therefore create a better life for less-fortunate kids is immense." I strongly agree that "the power of design" could help address violence in US schools and create safer environments for children.

The most successful part is creative the space that could protect the children and becomes to a second home. "The principal told us that the atmosphere at the school has changed ever since: the kids have more self-esteem and there is less violence,"designer added. "[The kids] were deeply touched that someone had actually made an effort especially for them.""School becomes a second home for these children who mostly don't have the safe and intimate corner in their own home," she said.

 FAT ARCHITECTURE 

 FAT's seminal Blue House set for rooftop extension

• It will feature a number of "abstract elements" including an extended chimney and angular window boxes, which will be partially screened behind the original parapet wall
• "The composition extends the building's original character, making use of archetypal pitched-roof forms and undulating skylines,"

• Its cartoon-like aesthetic – designed to look like a traditional house with an office block behind – hinted at what was contained inside.
• Famous for combining Postmodernist architecture with playful iconography, their projects included an apartment block that appears to have traditional houses on its roof and the fairytale-inspired House for Essex completed in collaboration with Grayson Perry.

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Personaly, I like how the design of the roof extension to feature a number of " abstract elements ".In this project,FAT's Blue House feature a number of "abstract elements" including an extended chimney and angular window boxes, which will be partially screened behind the original parapet wall."The design of the roof extension is conceived as a series of interconnected shed forms whose height and arrangement are determined to minimise the overshadowing and overlooking of the surrounding buildings and gardens," explained Griffiths, who now runs a studio called Modern Architect."The composition extends the building's original character, making use of archetypal pitched-roof forms and undulating skylines," he added.

 Sci-Fi Stylings From A Legend Of Architectural Fantasy

“In my work, architecture is meant to embody an ideal of thought and action, informed by comprehensive knowledge of the physical world.” Lebbeus Woods wrote those words in 2011, almost four decades into his expansive career as an architect, artist, professor, and big thinker.

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Architecture is often considered a largely physical practice, and architects are judged on how their constructions inhabit a tangible, real-life environment. Woods, however, excelled at imagining elaborate structures that existed in a completely conceptual dimension. His complex speculations and strange drawings eschewed kitschy retro-futurism for something more complex, his creations tinged with a dystopian edge worthy of the finest sci-fi. As the museum points out, his output “lies almost solely in the realm of the imagined, proposed, and the unbuilt,” while “[opening] up new avenues for exploring, charting, and inscribing space.”

Roar's Nursery of the Future is a high-tech learning space for children in Dubai

Architect: Roar
Lights: LED C4, Neo craft
Material: Tarkett vinyl flooring, Kahrs wood flooring
Contractor: Cambridge Consultants
Design team: Pallavi Dean, Agata Kurzela and Christina Morgan

UAE-based studio Roar has completed a nursery school in Dubai that features integrated technologies to encourage active play and introduce children to computer coding.

The interior design firm headed by Pallavi Dean developed the Nursery of the Future, as part of a project backed by the UAE government that aims to transform the country into the "world's leading nation" by the time of its centenary in 2071.

As part of the programme the Nursery of the Future is designed to be a prototype learning environment that eschews traditional subjects such as mathematics or reading, and instead confronts the contemporary challenge of "preparing children for jobs that don't yet exist".

Roar's design for the nursery school responds to a brief calling for "a world-class learning experience that instils the habits of innovation and futurism that will stay with children for life."

According to Dean, the proposal removes the barriers between children and teachers and seeks to replace them with a fluid and sociable environment that is both playful and stimulating.

"One of the ways we bring this theory to life is by shunning traditional classrooms, instead creating 'learning studios'," the designer explained. "These spaces are flexible, adaptable and nimble, to accommodate different teaching and learning styles."

Dean added that the project is based on the four key pillars of "leadership, happiness & positivity, advanced sciences & artificial intelligence, and technology & coding," which are embedded in every aspect of the design.

The building's exterior features a "cloud-like" roof formed of staggered panels that combine to create a soft and ethereal volume. Created in collaboration with local studio AR Gallery, the roof form is intended to make the building feel safe and welcoming.

Soft curves also feature throughout the interior, which was developed in response to research suggesting that children find curves more soothing than angular spaces. The undulating walls and ceilings were designed using computer software and constructed by a local boat builder.Paediatric neuroscience also informed the design direction, and led the studio to employ a neutral material palette rather than filling the space with colour and cartoonish illustrations.

"We believe that all elements of a school's environment – physical and human, interior and exterior – impact its educational framework," added Christina Morgan director of interior design at Roar.

"It was imperative that the structure be transformed into a third, 'silent' educator, that also facilitates bonding, learning and self-discovery."

This approach is intended to ensure the children and staff are the main sources of stimulation within the nursery.

At the centre of the predominantly open floor plan is a community space called the Mars Lab, which provides a gathering place for children, parents and teachers.

Features incorporated within this communal area include a cushioned "reading cloud", a treehouse-like play area called the "sky house", and a mini "coding hub" that the designers explained gives children a chance to experiment with the idea of programming.

Projection technology integrated into floors and walls also provides opportunities for interactive play, with surfaces lighting up or displaying nature-inspired images when children touch them.

The application of digital projection technologies alongside traditional swings and slides within the play areas is intended to encourage movement and help develop children's motor skills.

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Comprises a suite of programmes and infrastructure projects focused on future innovation. By shunning traditional classrooms, instead creating 'learning studios', Roar's design for the nursery school responds to a brief calling for a world-class learning experience that instils the habits of innovation and futurism that will stay with children for life.  As the designer explained in this article. "These spaces are flexible, adaptable and nimble, to accommodate different teaching and learning styles.""It was imperative that the structure be transformed into a third, 'silent' educator, that also facilitates bonding, learning and self-discovery."This approach is intended to ensure the children and staff are the main sources of stimulation within the nursery.I like how is the designer use the soft curves to creative this space And also I learn for the how to let all elements of a school's environment – physical and human, interior and exterior – impact its educational framework,

  AIR ARCHITECTURE 

Architects of Air creates "sense of wonder" with inflatable architecture maze

The Daedalum maze, which consists of 19 interconnected egg-shaped domes made from translucent material, is the latest piece of inflatable architecture designed by Alan Parkinson, founder of Architects of Air.

Named after Daedalus – the architect of the Labyrinth of Minos in Greek mythology – the blow-up maze was created to let people experience the "phenomenon of light".

Architects of Air installed the inflatable structure at the Royal Albert Dock.
"I design the structures to create a particular encounter with the phenomenon of light," Parkinson told Dezeen. "I devise an architecture to encourage a sense of wonder."

The latest maze in a succession of inflatable mazes designed by Architects of Air, Daedalum is constructed from a variety of different coloured pieces of translucent material to create varied light-filled spaces.

"The key influences are the structures that preceded Daedalum – each new structure we build gives indicators for what we do with the next. I do have a fondness for Islamic architecture, geometric solids – structures that lend themselves to be interpreted pneumatically."

Visitors enter the maze through an air lock, after taking their shoes off, before exploring the interconnecting series of domes and tunnels. 

Designed to create various colours inside as the sun moves across the sky, the dome was inspired by both Rome's Pantheon and Gustave Doré drawing of angels in Dante's paradise.

Alan Parkinson believes that building temporary inflatable structures allows him to explore what architecture aims to be, while still having to deal with practical issues that purely theoretical projects do not.

"It is transient and aspires to be utopian in a way that permanent architecture, with its feet on the ground is often not allowed to be," he explained.

"That said, in practical terms, we have to engage with the parameters that actual architecture engages with – wind-loading, drainage, temperature control and wheelchair accessibility."

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From my own visualization, if I go into this space, I will feel like I'm go into the world of designer's imagination, In this aesthetic world I could forget everything about the realistic world, I fall into myself to feel the light and the space. I think visitors get the different  experiences and  different feelings when them get in this space. The blow-up maze was created to let people experience the "phenomenon of light". And "I design the structures to create a particular encounter with the phenomenon of light," Parkinson told Dezeen. "I devise an architecture to encourage a sense of wonder.""It is transient and aspires to be utopian in a way that permanent architecture, with its feet on the ground is often not allowed to be," he explained.

Gallery: Assemble's Brutalist Playground Opens at RIBA

The RIBA’s architecture gallery has been transformed into a foam playground by Turner-Prize shortlisted Assemble and artist Simon Terrill

An exploration of "post-war design for play," The Brutalist Playground by Assemble and artist Simon Terrill has opened to the public at RIBA's Architecture Gallery. The immersive installation draws on a number of historic London estates - Churchill Gardens, Pimlico; the Brunel Estate, Paddington and the Brownfield Estate in Poplar - where playgrounds were once made from concrete and cast into sculptural forms to offer children an abstract landscape for play. Now deemed unsafe, these playgrounds no longer exist. Thus, The Brutalist Playground was envisaged to explore play, "the Brutalist way."

“The original playgrounds evoke a disappearing world of concrete mazes and windswept walkways. Like a Brechtian stage set rendered in concrete, they speak to a time before soft play and highly regulated public space. The recreation of these forms is a kind of inverted hyper-Brutalism. Playable structures reveling in the sharp edged bush hammered concrete forms they reference. The surreal edges of the Brutalist aesthetic are seen here in the form of the playground," described Terrill.

REFLECTION 

• https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/assemble-turns-riba-gallery-into-brutalist-playground/8684441.article
• https://www.archdaily.com/641378/gallery-assemble-s-brutalist-playground-opens-at-riba
• https://www.dezeen.com/2015/06/09/assemble-brutalist-playground-climbable-landscape-modernist-shapes-riba-london-simon-terrill-foam/
• https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/come-play-at-the-ribas-brutalist-playground-by-assemble-and-simon-terrill

 Landscape for Play is a huge colourful playground in Madrid 

https://www.dezeen.com/2019/05/26/landscape-for-play-colourful-playground-aberrant-architecture-matadero-madrid/?li_source=LI&li_medium=bottom_block_1

Landscape for Play by Aberrant Architecture
The design comprises a large colourful patterned floor dotted with objects and openings that invite children to run, jump, hide and climb.

These include a big red hexagonal prism that you can climb into with a ladder, circles set into the ground, stepping stones and a blue doorway.

Landscape for Play by Aberrant Architecture
London-based Aberrant Architecture developed the design after researching the many playgrounds that Van Eyck created in Amsterdam after the second world war. Studio founders David Chambers and Kevin Haley then developed a strategy based on patterns and rules they spotted in the designs.

"We were particularly interested in how Van Eyck utilised an architectural vocabulary for his playground designs," explained Chambers.

Landscape for Play by Aberrant Architecture
"This vocabulary utilised a series of varying geometrical shapes that aimed to craft a terrain that stimulated the imagination and led to human interaction and play," he told Dezeen.

"We broke down Van Eyck's architectural vocabulary into seven concepts which we proceeded to use to generate our own design: shapes, surface relationship, boundary, composition, territory, graphic language and threshold."

Landscape for Play by Aberrant Architecture
Colourful graphics decorate the forms, offering a striking contrast with the industrial architecture of the old slaughterhouse building. The colour palette, with its bold shades of red, yellow, green, blue and black, references postwar graphic design.

"We looked at colour palettes that were being used at the time that Van Eyck was designing and creating his playground," said Chambers.

"We shortlisted over 100 colours before creating colour samples which we mixed and matched before settling on the final combinations," he said.

Landscape for Play by Aberrant Architecture
The pattern was also adopted from Van Eyck, based on a pattern applied to a wall overlooking one of his playgrounds.

"We played and adapted this pattern, changing both its scale and the design of the pattern itself so that the colours and pattern started to define actual spaces that people could inhabit and respond to. We then applied the pattern horizontally as a landscape that people could occupy," said Chambers.

Aberrant Architecture is keen to encourage adults to play as well as children.

"This playground is not just for kids," added Haley. "Adults can also inhabit the spaces, create games and interact with their children."

• Architects: Buromoscow
• Area: 3780.0 m²
• Year: 2017
• Photographs: Serafima Telkanova, Vlad Feoktistov
• Manufacturers: Legrand, Forbo Flooring Systems, Saint Gobain, Sto, Teknos

We have decided for a round building with rectangular interior courtyard, when faced with the irregular plot shape (more a result of existing spatial planning norms than a conscious planning choice)

Windows at the first and second floor are shaped as different sea creatures – fish, shrimp and jellyfish. Ground floor, where the youngest children are, is fully glazed. Glazing in the interior courtyard is partially colored to give beautiful color shadows in the corridors.

The interior is light and simple taking into consideration the amount of colorful toys to fill the space later. Each floor has its color accent – yellow, orange or blue.

• http://www.archdaily.cn/cn/892329/vashavskoye-hwy-141-you-er-yuan-buromoscow?ad_medium=widget&ad_name=recommendation

• https://www.archdaily.com/892110/kindergarten-vashavskoye-hwy-141-buromoscow

• https://www.arch2o.com/kindergarten-vashavskoye-hwy-141-buromoscow/

DESIGNING A BARCODE PATTERNED SQUARE

In the 1960s, the City of Täby joined the Swedish “Million Programme” to help solve the housing problems in the city. The project’s goal was to build one million apartments in a short period of time and to provide a roof for all. Although the speedy rebuild was very successful, the town’s appearance was monotonous and lacked public space. Therefore, in the early 2000s, the Municipality of Täby decided it was time to resolve the issue and transform the public, urban life of their citizens. To do this, they selected the parking lot of the city’s main shopping center and converted it into a space to host public events and activities.

Danish firm Polyform Architects was commissioned for the design of the New Centre and brought a sense of character to the city. Their design for a multi-functional square was cleverly organized into six themed squares, each with its own identity, and each providing different opportunities in public life.

Organizing a Barcode Master Plan Polyform Architects chose to divide the project into a row of six smaller squares to create a patterned, human-scaled urban experience. The idea of a barcode form is supported from the direct layout of the site. Each square has its own identity, but they are all bound together.

Although, the design is strictly based on linear elements, the playground area is a more unregulated configuration. Also, the entire site has a strong bond with light, using over 500 lighting elements, ultimately shaping different experiences during the entire year and especially on the dark, winter Sweden days. 

The Multi-Squared Pattern

Faced with creating a multi-functional open space in a 10,000-square meter old car park, the architects elected to divide the site into six zones, each with its own role, providing space for all the public activities that occur in a modern square.

The seating square was made to relax and enjoy, while the market square created a set for farmer’s markets and flea markets. Meanwhile, the stage space gives the square the opportunity to host theater and concerts and the light space consists of rows of lights with accent lights. Finally, the orange playground was created for children to play and have fun and the water square has 120 water jets that work in harmony and is the biggest water fountain in Sweden.

According to the architects, “It would be more accurate to call it a poli-square because the urban space actually contains six squares: the seating square, where people can sit and relax; the market square, for organizing markets; the stage square, for concerts and theatrical performances; the orange playground, for children; and finally the light space and the water square, which through the use of light and water complete the whole atmosphere of the place.”

 REFLECTION

Throughout reading this article, I learned that how important is the space management to host public events and activities.I think the design of the place of the different square is quite interesting. The Danish firm Polyform Architects was commissioned for the design of the New Centre and help to brought a sense of character to the city.The design for a multi-functional square was cleverly organized into six themed squares, each with its own identity, and each providing different opportunities in public life.

Another interesting part is the designing for places where there are long, dark winter nights, lighting has a significant role in the attractiveness of a landscape project. Throughout my learning of the article, I know that the lighting plan in an open, public space should provide users the sense of security and emphasize the beauty of the site. This concept was reinforced in this project by Polyform. The uniqueness of each square is further defined by a different lighting design. Lighting poles and flooring spots are organized into six different zones, following the functional and morphologic features of each area. Additionally, the lighting elements form a total composition, making the square look like a big frame, where different scenarios can be hosted, every hour of the day, throughout the year.

From my point of view, Täby Torg Square is a project with minimal design but boasts many opportunities. The linear design of the square with its clean lines gives the user the ability to focus on the function of each zone and underlines the flexible and dynamic character of the square.

 Kindergarten in Czech Republic encased in two layers of translucent fibreglass 

Petr Stolin Architekt has wrapped a double-skinned translucent facade of fibreglass around the Nová Ruda kindergarten in the Czech Republic.

The locally based architecture studio designed the educational facility for the town of Liberec with the aim of balancing plentiful outdoor space with the need for security and privacy.

An inner building is covered by a fibreglass-clad wooden frame, and the whole structure is then wrapped by a steel and fibreglass shell. The gap between the two layers forms a terrace space.

"The whole building is embraced by the steel structure with two walking paths around the main sections, hidden from the street by another layer of trapezoidal fibreglass," said Petr Stolin Architekt.

Within the steel shell, the central building surrounds a long courtyard, with staircases and walkways that allow those inside to move between a more private garden space and the more exposed perimeter walkway.

Some of the large openings are aligned in both layers so that views through the facade to the outside are possible, while some look out onto the walkway. At night, this layering is revealed as the openings glow behind the outer skin.

Spaces in the buildings are arranged vertically. At ground level there is a quiet space with rest areas and a dining room.

Above this sits the playroom, which takes advantage of the connection to the courtyard and terraces

On the top floor, the classroom benefits from skylights and views across an adjacent field. Terraces and viewing areas on the rooftop are strategically placed alongside cut-outs in the fibreglass shell, looking back down into the central courtyard

The sloping, north-facing plot directly adjacent to an existing art school, and a need for parking spaces proved a challenge for the project.

This constrained site led Stolín and Mičeková to develop the concept of breaking down the form of the building while keeping it unified by its outer skin.

"We want children to perceive and learn about architecture through various spatial configurations, which are implemented within the whole composition", they explained.

REFLECTION  

若隐若现的感觉，模糊的层次感,以及光的虚实

I love how is  the designer use the way light bounces through shadows blurs the boundary between and creates an fluid translucency varied in layers. And also successfully did  the aim of balancing plentiful outdoor space with the need for security and privacy.

As the designer explain that "We want children to perceive and learn about architecture through various spatial configurations, which are implemented within the whole composition", I  need to learn how to choose and use the materials to create the spatial space.

POLITICAL CONTEXT 

THE LAW,FENDER AND QUALITY,ECONOMIC EQUALITY, ECONOMIC EQUALITY, FREE SPEECH

How kids help us to design cities? （TED TALK)

Adults tend to think of kids as "future citizens" -- their ideas and opinions will matter someday, just not today. But kids make up a quarter of the population, so shouldn't they have a say in what the world they'll inherit will look like? Urban planner Mara Mintzer shares what happened when she and her team asked kids to help design a park in Boulder, Colorado -- and how it revealed an important blind spot in how we construct the built environment. "If we aren't including children in our planning, who else aren't we including?" Mintzer asks.

https://www.ted.com/talks/mara_mintzer_how_kids_can_help_design_cities#t-361705

How we can help young people build a better future? 

A massive generation of young people is about to inherit the world, and it's the duty of everyone to give them a fighting chance for their futures, says UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore. In this forward-looking talk, she explores the crises facing them and details an ambitious new global initiative, Generation Unlimited, which aims to ensure every young person is in school, training or employed by 2030.

https://www.ted.com/talks/henrietta_fore_how_we_can_help_young_people_build_a_better_future

Sculpted space within and without 

Legendary sculptor Antony Gormley riffs on space and the human form. His works explore the interior space we feel within our own bodies -- and the exterior space we feel around us, knowing that we are just dots in space and time.

https://www.ted.com/talks/antony_gormley_sculpted_space_within_and_without#t-159002

 Playing with the space and light 

 In the spectacular large-scale projects he's famous for (such as "Waterfalls" in New York harbor), Olafur Eliasson creates art from a palette of space, distance, color and light. This idea-packed talk begins with an experiment in the nature of perception.

https://www.ted.com/talks/olafur_eliasson_playing_with_space_and_light

I don’t want children- stop telling me I will change my mind 

One in five women in the United States will not have a biological child, and Christen Reighter is one of them. From a young age, she knew she didn't want kids, in spite of the insistence of many people (including her doctor) who told her she'd change her mind. In this powerful talk, she shares her story of seeking sterilization -- and makes the case that motherhood is an extension of womanhood, not the definition.

https://www.ted.com/talks/christen_reighter_i_don_t_want_children_stop_telling_me_i_ll_change_my_mind

Babies: Their wonderful world

Exploring how the changes that happen in the first two years of life make us who we are.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bt7v0j/episodes/guide

ARTICLES/FACTS/REPORTS

EXPERT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE THEME, FACT AND FIGURES

• More mothers with young children have paid jobs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41831168

• Proportion of women who never have children has doubled in a generation, ONS figures show

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/24/proportion-women-never-have-children-has-doubled-generation/

• Key facts about the number of children

https://www.childtrends.org/indicators/number-of-children

• London's Museum of Childhood to get £13m revamp

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51546951

• Creating Space: Evelina Children's Hospital

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03cgdpk

MATERIAL AND METHODS

EXCITING MATERIALS, MANUFACTURING OR MAKING METHODS

• WOOD 
• CONFORT FABRIC 
• RUBBER PADDINGS 
• SAFETY NETS
• GRASS,LAWN,VEGEITATIONS

END USER AND CONTEXT 

POSSIBLE AND USERS , EXPLAIN HOW THEY COULD AFFECT YOUR IDEA

• Children (0-5) - Main user of the project. Project will consider children’s comfort and enjoyment (playgrounds etc.)
• Young Mothers - Main user of the project. Project will focus on providing them a low stress retreat where she can reconnect with her personal life.  
• Young Mothers’ Partner - Giving the parents a space to spend time with each others, while having their kids meters away.
• Young Mothers’ Friends - Again focusing on the mother’s personal life and her connection with the world.
• Others - People who are interested in experiencing their potential parenting lives 
   

LONDON VISIT 

RECORD 5 RELEVANT VISITS, TO SHOPS, EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC SPACES ETC.

 ZH Gallery 

 ROCA LONDON GALLERY

.The most recent Roca Gallery to open is in London. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the Roca London Gallery is located in Chelsea Harbour. The leading role is played by the water that, in the words of Zaha Hadid, “acts as a transformer moving, without interruption, through the façade, carving the interior and flowing through the main gallery as drops of water”.

Zaha Hadid and her team have created a design that is not just purely visual, it also uses the art of precision and control to help the visitor understand the relationship between the architecture of the space and the design of Roca bathroom products.

Miguel Angel Munar, Senior Managing Director, Roca Bathroom Products Division commented:

“For Roca it is essential to have a presence in a city like London which is a benchmark for design and innovation on a global level. London is also of strategic importance to our future business development since it allows us to be close to our top international distributors and clients. At the Roca London Gallery, Zaha Hadid has perfectly interpreted all our brand values as well as our company philosophy in a singularly exciting and tangible way.”

“Our work imbues architecture with the intricacy and beauty of natural forms. Using a formal language derived from the movement of water, the Roca London Gallery has been eroded and polished by fluidity; generating a sequence of dynamic spaces carved from this fascinating interplay between architecture and nature.”

The Roca London Gallery is intended to be much more than just a display space. Available to an extensive audience that will include everyone from design-savvy architects to design-hungry students, it will become a London hub hosting a wide range of activities such as exhibitions produced in-house or externally, meetings, presentations, seminars and debates, the criteria being a celebration of design in keeping with the Roca brand and company values

 ZH Gallery 

Zaha Hadid Design London 

The Zaha Hadid Gallery showcases the latest in architecture, interiors, furniture, and product design through curated exhibitions, and provides insight into the process, and ethos of the architecture practice, and design studio that was founded by Zaha Hadid over 35 years ago. 

 Somerset House 

    Snoopy Exhibition  

 GOOD GRIEF,CHARLIE BROWN! 

GOOD GRIEF, CHARLIE BROWN! brings together Charles M. Schulz original Peanuts cartoons with work from a wide range of acclaimed contemporary artists and designers who have been inspired by this highly influential and much-loved cartoon. Unique in its enduring appeal, this exhibition explores Peanuts’ renewed agency in contemporary culture and society.

Schulz created 17,897 strips during his life, syndicated to over 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries and translated into 21 languages, reaching a truly global audience in an era long before digital communications. Featuring original strips rarely seen in the UK or Europe, the exhibition will celebrate Schulz’s prodigious output and examine his creative process. Through the prism of the lives and musings of beloved characters, including Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Schroeder, Franklin and Peppermint Patty, Peanuts addressed themes including art, faith, existentialism, race, war and feminism, crossing social and economic boundaries, and standing as a testament to the power of popular arts.

 

 “I didn’t grow up reading the strips themselves. After Good Grief, Charlie Brown! I’m aware of what I missed.” 

 

 

 Ordovas 

 Color of Blue 

      Dan Flavin – Untitled (for Charlotte and Jim Brooks) 4, 1964. Estate of Dan Flavin © Stephen Flavin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2020

Throughout art history, the color blue was increasingly used by the artists due to its enormous visual appeal and strong symbolism associated with various cults and religious practices. From the Byzantium blue and the Chinese cobalt blue, to the Renaissance ultramarine and modern times, this particular color was highly regarded and used/interpreted differently. However, it seems that during the 20th-century blue became a sort of a phenomenon – it was used by a new generation of practitioners willing to summarize the mentioned historical connotations and extended the notion of the color.

The current exhibition at Ordovas under the title Monochrome No.2 tends to revisit the usage of blue by European and American artists and to emphasize explorations of the color’s aesthetic possibilities through various media.

Joseph Kosuth – Nineteen-Eighty-Four (Orwell) #4, 2019 © Joseph Kosuth. ARS, NY and DACS, London 2020 

The Historical Survey of Blue

The hues of this enigmatic color evokes various emotional states in regards to that the word blue is often used in English to describe the state of melancholy or sadness, and can induce contemplative gaze. Pablo Picasso’s Blue Periodand the publication of Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams marked the new phase in the artistic investigation of this phenomenon.Therefore, Monochrome No.2 unravels how the 20th- and 21st-century masters exploited/explored both the aesthetic and the psychological potentials of blue.

 TATE      V&A

 Postmodernism 

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/postmodernism

https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/what-is-postmodernism

VIDEO: WHAT IS POSTMODERNISM ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=5x4ntciHTXU&feature=emb_logo

 Royal Academy Art

 James Turrell (light) / Eco-visionaries 

CULTURAL CONTEXT 

REFERENCE FROM EVERYDAY LIFE, OCMMON SOCIAL PRACTICES

Alice in wonderland lewid carol (Disney film)

• Disney Wiki. (2020). Alice in Wonderland (1951 film). [online] Available at: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(1951_film) [Accessed 23 Feb. 2020].
• Zelaya, L. (2020). Walt Disney’s Retelling of “Alice In Wonderland” | Literature Uncovered. [online] Commons.marymount.edu. Available at: https://commons.marymount.edu/en200fa13/2013/11/21/disneys-retelling-of-alice-in-wonderland/ [Accessed 23 Feb. 2020].

Disneyland park

• Anon,(2020).[online]Available at:https://disneyland.disney.go.com/destinations/disneyland/ [Accessed 23 Feb. 2020].

Jojo Rabbit ( film )

• Nytimes.com. (2020). ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Review: The Third Reich Wasn’t All Fun and Games. [online] Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/movies/jojo-rabbit-review.html [Accessed 23 Feb. 2020].

Grand budapest hotel (film)

• Brody, R. (2020). “The Grand Budapest Hotel”: Wes Anderson’s Artistic Manifesto. [online] The New Yorker. Available at: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/the-grand-budapest-hotel-wes-andersons-artistic-manifesto [Accessed 23 Feb. 2020].

The wonderful world of disney ( TV Series )

Me-TV Network. (2020). 13 fascinating facts about ‘The Wonderful World of Disney’. [online] Available at: https://www.metv.com/lists/13-fascinating-facts-about-the-wonderful-world-of-disney [Accessed 23 Feb. 2020]. 

• https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/the-grand-budapest-hotel-wes-andersons-artistic-manifesto
• https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(1951_film)
• https://commons.marymount.edu/en200fa13/2013/11/21/disneys-retelling-of-alice-in-wonderland/
•  https://www.metv.com/lists/13-fascinating-facts-about-the-wonderful-world-of-disney
• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/movies/jojo-rabbit-review.html
• https://disneyland.disney.go.com/destinations/disneyland/

ART & DESIGN CONTEXT

EXAMPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE PRACTICE, E.G.FROM TEXTILES, SCULPTURE

CAVALCADE: a collection of rocking animals

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/520298466/cavalcade-a-collection-of-rocking-animals?lang=zh

Inflatable Animals, 1969, by Libuse Niklova, Fatra, currently Maammo

Monkey, 1951, by Kay Bojesen, Denmark. 

Wooden Dolls, 1963, by Alexander Girard, Vitra. 

Puppy, 2005, by Eero Aarnio, Magis.

Caravan Crib, 2010, by Johannes Pauwen and Michaele Simmering, Kalon Studios

1. Design for children: How to create great products for kids

https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/29-october-4-november-2018/design-for-children-how-to-create-great-products-and-toys-for-kids/

Built from a single piece of wood, the lines are pure and simple, the colors bright, the design 

strong and made to last for generations

1. Hayao Miyazaki (animator)

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/11/hayao.miyazaki/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlGuxJJWw20

1. Bunny Christie (threatre designer)

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/sep/04/bunny-christie-designs-in-pictures-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time-ink

1. Tim walker ( photography) 

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/sep/15/tim-walker-fashion-photographer-interview-theres-an-extremity-to-my-interest-in-beauty

https://www.bjp-online.com/2019/09/tim-walker-shoot-for-the-moon/

1. dali ( drawing and film)

• https://www.theartstory.org/artist/dali-salvador/
• https://www.google.com.hk/search?safe=strict&hl=zh-CN&ei=oM1RXpOgBoirgAa94Y_QAw&q=dali+film+disney&oq=dali+film&gs_l=psy-ab.1.2.0j0i30l9.0.0..6187...0.0..1.179.332.0j2......0......gws-wiz.6_G3HP8V5dY
• https://www.tate.org.uk/press/press-releases/dali-film

HISTORICAL RESEARCH 

OLD REFERENCE, THE HISTORY OF THE THEME

Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852)

            Online website 

• Education.stateuniversity.coInm. (2020). Friedrich Froebel (1782–1852) - Biography, Froebel's Kindergarten Philosophy, The Kindergarten Curriculum, Diffusion of the Kindergarten. [online] Available at: https://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1999/Froebel-Friedrich-1782-1852.html [Accessed 21 Feb. 2020].
• Early Years Foundation Stage Forum. (2020). Educational Pioneers: Friedrich Froebel, 1782-1852. [online]Available at: https://eyfs.info/articles.html/teaching-and-learning/educational-pioneers-friedrich-froebel-1782-1852-r44/ [Accessed 21 Feb. 2020].

            Book

• Fröbel, F. and Hailmann, W. (1896). The education of man. New York: D. Appleton and Co.
• Liebschner, J. (2001). A child's work. Cambridge: Lutterworth.

Josef Albers ( artist )

online website 

• Anon, (2020). [online] Available at: https://albersfoundation.org [Accessed 21 Feb. 2020].
• Tate. (2020). Josef Albers 1888-1976 | Tate. [online] Available at: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/josef-albers-636 [Accessed 21 Feb. 2020].
• Albers, J. (2020). Josef Albers Paintings, Bio, Ideas. [online] The Art Story. Available at: https://www.theartstory.org/artist/albers-josef/ [Accessed 21 Feb. 2020].

              Book 

• Albers, J. (2013). Interaction of color. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Univ. Press.
• Albers, J. (2006). Poems and drawings. London: Tate Publishing.
• Borchardt-Hume, A. (2006). Albers and Moholy-Nagy. London: Tate Publishing.
• Albers, J. and Rosenthal, T. (2006). Formulation. New York: Thames & Hudson.

                  Antonio gaudi (architect)

                 Online website 

• Encyclopedia Britannica. (2020). Antoni Gaudí | Spanish architect. [online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoni-Gaudi [Accessed 21 Feb. 2020].
• Gaudí, A. (2020). Gaudi Architecture, Bio, Ideas. [online] The Art Story. Available at: https://www.theartstory.org/artist/gaudi-antoni/ [Accessed 22 Feb. 2020].

                  Book

• Bassegoda Nonell, J. and Levick, M. (2001). Antonio Gaudí. New York: Abbeville Press.
• Molema, J. and Gaudí, A. (2009). Gaudí. Rotterdam: Episode Publishers.
• Burry, M., Armengol, J. and Gaudi, A. (2008). Gaudi Unseen: Completing the Sagrada Familia. Berlin, Germany: Jovis Verlag.
• Casa Batlló. (2020). Antoni Gaudí Biography | Casa Batlló. [online] Available at: https://www.casabatllo.es/en/antoni-gaudi/ [Accessed 22 Feb. 2020].

Rococo

       Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

WEBSITE 

• Encyclopedia Britannica. (2020). Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Italian artist. [online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Battista-Tiepolo [Accessed 22 Feb. 2020].
• The National Gallery, L. (2020). Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 - 1770) | National Gallery, London. [online] Nationalgallery.org.uk. Available at: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/giovanni-battista-tiepolo [Accessed 22 Feb. 2020].

            VIDEO  (Youtube)

• Anon, (2020). [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ar4G10t71E [Accessed 22 Feb. 2020].

Jean Honore Fragonard

Website 

• Encyclopedia Britannica. (2020). Jean-Honoré Fragonard | French painter. [online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Honore-Fragonard [Accessed 22 Feb. 2020].
• Fragonard, J. (2020). Fragonard Paintings, Bio, Ideas. [online] The Art Story. Available at: https://www.theartstory.org/artist/fragonard-jean-honore/ [Accessed 22 Feb. 2020].
• The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. (2020). Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732 - 1806) (Getty Museum). [online] Available at: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/609/jean-honore-fragonard-french-1732-1806/ [Accessed 22 Feb. 2020].
• The National Gallery, L. (2020). Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732 - 1806) | National Gallery, London. [online] National gallery.org.uk. Available at: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/jean-honore-fragonard [Accessed 22 Feb. 2020].

      BOOK 

• Lajer-Burcharth, E. (n.d.). The painter's touch.

Baroque

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

• Encyclopedia Britannica. (2020). Rembrandt van Rijn | Biography, Paintings, & Facts. [online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rembrandt-van-Rijn [Accessed 22 Feb. 2020].
• The National Gallery, L. (2020). Rembrandt (1606 - 1669) | National Gallery, London. [online] Nationalgallery.org.uk. Available at: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/rembrandt [Accessed 22 Feb. 2020].
• Rembrandtpaintings.com. (2020). Analysis of 150 Rembrandt Paintings,Etchings & Drawings. [online] Available at: https://www.rembrandtpaintings.com/ [Accessed 22 Feb. 2020].