肯辛顿国际幼儿园学习空间

玩耍不是没有意义的，它直接影响着孩子的幸福、快乐和创造自由的潜力。当孩子形成积极的学习态度的那一刻，就是他们将成为一个能够发现和发展自己的旅程的第一步。这段经历将培养他们学习生活的其他方面，以及高效地获得更高层次的知识的能力。

Playing is no nonsense. It is something that has direct impacts on a child’s happiness, joy and creative freedom. The moment a child develops a positive attitude towards learning is the first step of what will become a journey where they are able to discover and develop themselves. The experience will nurture other aspects they will learn about life, as well as the ability to efficiently attain greater level of knowledge.

肯辛顿国际幼儿园的办园宗旨是帮助学生成长为美丽的萌动精灵，通过"游戏式学习"的方式，让孩子们根据自己的年龄发展，在保留独特个性的同时，提高生活技能。项目肯辛顿学习空间（Kensington Learning Space）即KLS，是为6个月至11岁的儿童提供的课外学习中心，这种学习方式鼓励学生通过快乐和享受学习来提高身体技能和心理发展，IF事务所负责设计项目的内部空间和平面设计。

Kensington International Kindergarten operates with the goal to help its students grow to become beautiful budding spirits. Through the ‘Play-based learning’ approach, children are given the opportunity to develop according their own age while being able to preserve their unique individuality and improve their life skills. The concept later ramifies into ‘Kensington Learning Space’ or KLS, the extra-curricular learning hub for children from 6 months old to 11 years old. The learning style encourages learners’ physical skills and mental developments through the happiness and enjoyment of learning. IF takes the responsibility designing the interior space and graphic design of the project.

从给定的要求中，IF事务所选择了不同的 "游戏"方式作为主要设计理念，通过结合各种类型的游戏，首先预先设定规则的开放式游戏；其次预设指令下的不同可能性的游戏；最后创造无限方法的开放式游戏，让孩子们自由发挥他们的创造力。

From the given requirements, IF picks up on different methods of ‘play’ as the main design concept. By combining various types of play from 1) an open-ended play with predetermined rules. 2) play with different possibilities under preset instructions 3) open-ended play with unlimited method that allows children to freely exercise their creativity.

项目内部的三层楼由不同类型的教室组成，从烹饪工作室、艺术工作室到游泳池，包括帮助孩子们训练未来所需的基本技能的课程空间，这些空间被设计成建筑中的建筑，IF事务所通过从空间特征、功能、家具，一直到装饰细节等不同的建筑元素整合了3种类型的游戏空间，一切都是为了创造一种环境，与孩子们的学习经验相辅相成，产生共鸣，同时又能满足某些特定的功能要求，包括安全和与主要使用者（即不同年龄段的孩子）。

The three stories inside Kensington Learning Space comprise of different types of classrooms from the cooking studio, art studio to a swimming pool including classes that help the children train essential skills needed for their own future. The spaces are designed to be architecture within architecture. IF integrates 3 types of play through different architectural elements, from spatial characteristics, functionalities, furniture, all the way to the decorative details. Everything is realized to create the type of environment that will complement and resonate with the children’s learning experiences while still being able to fulfill certain specific functional requirements including safety and physically proportional to the height of the main users, which are the children of different age groups.

接待区

“以游戏为基础的学习"被落实到功能项目的每一个部分。在接待区，参观者可以通过一系列垂直的板条感受到该组织所坚持的理念，这些板条被用作由一堆小三角单元组成的翻板隔断。这些单元可以移动、调整和改变成不同的信息或图像，以对应学校当前的活动和场合。

Reception Area

The ‘Play-Based Learning’ is translated into every part of the functional program. At the reception area, visitors can sense the philosophy the organization upholds through a series of vertical laths used as the flip board partition made up of a bunch of small triangular units. These units can be moved, adjusted and changed into different messages or images to correspond with the school’s current activities and occasions or whatever information KSL wishes to communicate with its users.

教室

每间教室的设计都以灵活性为优先。设计摆脱了任何可能阻碍孩子们学习体验的限制，使空间成为一个安全的场地，让孩子们能够从自己的直觉、创造力和自然中玩耍、探索和学习不同的东西，其中一个亮点是连接走廊和教室的过渡空间的设计。IF事务所在每个教室的前面创造了一个口袋空间，每个房间都配备了一块黑板，适当安装了一个鞋柜的口袋，防止了鞋子乱放的不文明现象。

Classrooms

Each classroom is designed with flexibility being the priority. The design gets rid of any limitation that can obstruct children’s learning experiences, making the space a safe ground where children are able to play, explore and learn different things from their very own intuition, creativity and nature. One of the highlights is the design of the transitional space, which links the corridor to the classrooms. IF creates a pocket space at the front of each classroom, with each room equipped with a blackboard, a pocket for a shoe cabinet properly installed to prevent the unpleasant sight of unorganized shoes.

烹饪室和美术室

烹饪和课程的专用工作室设计有鼓励学生实际操作的学习环境。烹饪工作室模拟餐厅厨房，以学习为目的，让孩子们体验真实食材的使用、标准的烹饪设备等细节，美术工作室的整个表面都铺满了画布，供孩子们自由学习，发挥想象力进行涂鸦、绘画。

Cooking and Art Studios

The special studios for cooking and classes are designed to have a learning environment that encourages students’ actual practice. The cooking studio simulates a restaurant kitchen, which allows children to experience the use of real ingredients, standard cooking equipment and other details of the room designed for learning purposes. The entire surface of the art studio is covered with canvases for children to freely learn to scribble, draw and paint using their imagination.

游泳池

本项目的亮点之一是半室外游泳池，它将线条作为元素构成的视觉和物理存在融入其中，突出了泳池扇形的空间特征，使在此活动的儿童能清楚的感知到空间。同时，设计从水波纹中获取灵感，以物理细节营造意境，空间向内规整，消除尖锐的棱角，进一步促进空间的表面和质感的流动。

Swimming Pool

One of the highlights of the project is the semi-outdoor swimming pool that incorporates the visual and physical presence of lines as the elemental component. It ends up accentuating the spatial characteristic of the pool’s fan-shaped form to be even more perceptible. In the meantime, the design creates a mood with a physical detail that takes the inspiration from water ripples. The space is gauged inward to eliminate sharp corners to further facilitate the flow of surfaces and textures of the space.

项目从业主发起的概念以及他们对儿童无限想象力和创造力的信念出发，设计实现了无论是通过空间特征，还是通过精致的线条和弧形的运用，消除尖角和边缘，充分实现了学习体验的功能，这不仅是为了低年龄用户的安全，更是为了作品本身的畅通无阻和整体和谐。家具和学习工具的设计与使用者的身体成正比，重量不会太重，让孩子们可以自由玩耍和移动，但又能提供足够的安全保障，防止实际使用中造成的意外风险。

From the concept initiated by the project owner and their belief in children’s limitless imagination and creativity, the design is realized to create functionalities that can fully enable learning experiences whether through the spatial characteristics, the use of delicate lines and curved forms, the elimination of sharp corners and edges, which is done not only for the safety of the young users, but the unobstructed flow and overall harmony of the work itself. The furniture and learning tools are designed to be physically proportional to users’ bodies with the weights that aren’t too heavy for children to play with and move around freely, yet providing enough security to prevent the risks of accidents caused by the actual usage.

▽一层平面图 1st Floor Plan

▽二层平面图 2nd Floor Plan

▽三层平面图 3rd Floor Plan

Project: Kensington Learning Space

Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Interior architect: IF (Integrated Field Co.,Ltd.)

Environmental graphic: IF (Integrated Field Co.,Ltd.)

Architect: Plan Architect Co.,Ltd.

Construction builder (Interior): G7

Photographer: Ketsiree Wongwan