Hut and Fields - St. Paul's Catholic Day Nursery

The nursery design is to create a multifaceted arena for the little ones where interesting stories could happen. Given a 18m by 30m footprint sitting in an unique urban lot with 4 candlenut trees, an 8-storey stacking of many otherly worlds slowly emerges. Children can walk through a vast vertical landscape with small huts where they will find each hut is a little different from the other. In search of the right scale for small people, we hope to design from the eyes and minds of children, setting out stages of dreams against a merry garden, foliage of autumn leaves, a sky high-up, a rainy mist...

At the "fields" where most of the activity rooms are located, large window walls are generously proportioned, opening up the space to become an infinite scene flooded in natural light. Open-plan furniture arrangements set out the stages for children to explore and nurture their curiosity. Inside the "hut" are the more refined and calm classroom spaces, where solid walls finished with ceramic tiles characterise the exterior enclosing the room, small windows are punctured to frame views of the immediate context. The interplay of "huts" and "field" defines one another and varies throughout the eight stories.

Welcome all big guys and little ones. Come and explore the space.

Photos courtesy of Eureka

LOCATION
28 Wan Tau Street, Tai Po, New Territories

TRANSPORTATION
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GUIDED TOUR
Date : 21 Sep 2024 (Sat)
Time : Session 1: 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM / Session 2: 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Date: 22 Sep 2024 (Sun)
Time: 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Language : Cantonese
Led by : Eureka
Capacity : 15


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