Gold Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2020
Lullaby Children’s Library
by Chin-Feng Wu
- A' Design Award 2020 Gold Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: Cai-In Interior Design
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 20,601
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About Lullaby Children’s Library
Lullaby is a children's library located in the shared facilities of a condominium building in Taiwan. The high-ceilinged space above the reading table holds a large white tree installation, which symbolizes learning and steady growth. A pure white base tone highlights rainbow curves and colorful details, giving the reading area a lively character. Arc shapes are repeated throughout, including a high arched entrance and round windows that recall those of aircraft. The 27 square meter room turns a small corner into a safe and playful place for young readers.
Chin-Feng Wu's Lullaby Children's Library emerges as a distinguished exemplar of contemporary educational space design, demonstrating how architectural innovation can transform functional environments into immersive experiential landscapes that nurture imagination and foster a love of learning. The designer appears to draw upon traditions of organic architecture pioneered by visionaries who sought to harmonize built environments with natural forms, yet the execution here transcends mere stylistic reference to achieve something genuinely transformative in the realm of children's spatial experience. The technical achievement evident in the seamless integration of sweeping biomorphic ceiling elements with precisely calibrated color banding reveals exceptional command of both sculptural form-making and chromatic composition, each curved surface flowing with apparent effortlessness into the next while maintaining structural integrity and spatial clarity. The thematic content speaks eloquently to universal values of nurture, protection, and imaginative possibility, the enveloping white forms suggesting parental embrace or the sheltering canopy of ancient trees under which stories have been shared across human cultures for millennia. One might observe references to the phenomenology of childhood perception in how scale and proportion have been carefully calibrated to create wonder without overwhelming, offering intimate alcoves sized for small bodies while maintaining generous volumetric presence that elevates the spirit. The circular magenta bookshelf alcove functions as both practical display and symbolic portal, perhaps evoking the transformative threshold that reading represents, the gateway to countless worlds contained within those colorful spines. How might the undulating horizontal color bands, progressing through cool greens to warmer yellows, invite contemplation of landscape, journey, or the gentle rhythms of lullaby for which this space is named?
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Designers used the high-ceilinged space above the reading table to create forest trees that resemble a giant piece of installation art. Its standing posture corresponds with the vast sea of knowledge and symbolizes that children will grow and thrive step by step through learning. Using a pure white color tone as the theme of this space, it smartly brings out a colorful visual atmosphere and makes the reading atmosphere of the library more lively and vivid.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 27 square meters
Special spray paint, laminate hard plastic sheet, super wear-resistant wooden floor, bespoke furniture and metal, leather mount - Tags
- Children, library, playroom, community, forest, trees, colorful
- Production Technology
- The simple white makes the space seemingly more pure, which elegantly brings out the joyful rainbow-like colors and further stresses the color contrast. In addition to rainbow curves and a giant pure white tree, the designer also used many arc elements as miniature inspirations. The high arc design at the entrance and the round-shaped small windows that resemble those on airplanes or space shuttles all smartly strengthen the overall childhood fun of this place.
- Design Challenge
- In order to create a safe and playful children’s room close to the café’ in the community, designers transformed the seemly insignificant corner space into a catching library for children. The high arc design at the entrance and the round-shaped small windows that resemble those on airplanes or space shuttles all smartly strengthen the overall childhood fun of this place.
- Project Duration
- The project started in November 2017 in Taoyuan,Taiwan and finished in February 2018, and was exhibited in March 2018.
- Operation Flow
- The project is implemented in the public facility of an apartment building, and its design draws upon the concept of allowing parents enjoy a leisurely time in the face’ while keeping an eye on their children as inspiration. At the other end of the hallway, an arched children’s reading room has been created, with the towering art installation Tree of the Jungle representing the unfathomable realm of knowledge, and it is also a symbol of the .children growing up and prospering through learning.
- Research
- Before this project designed, a group of children from 0 to 6 year-old and their parents are taken as research samples. These parents were interviewed for their preference when accompanying children, such as environmental and circulation conditions. Also, children were tested if they prefer certain kinds of shapes, color tones, and texture. It turns out that the adults are concerned about and the safeness and convenience in a playroom and kids tend to catch on colorful materials and vivid shapes.
- Inspiration
- This project is a children’s library in a condo community building.Designers used the high-ceilinged space above the reading table to create forest trees that resemble a giant piece of installation art. Its standing posture corresponds with the vast sea of knowledge and symbolizes that children will grow and thrive step by step through learning.
- Image Credits
- DIRK HEINDOERFER PHOTOGRAPHY
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