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This Kindergarten Design Features Vibrant Colored Glass Inside And Out

November 12, 2023

A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.

SAKO Architects has sent us photos of a kindergarten they designed in Tianshui, China, that features a white exterior with a kaleidoscope of colors.

A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.

The kindergarten, built in a small provincial town, features white exterior walls with windows in the shape of local yao-tung arches.

A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.

Sunlight from the glass roof penetrates and reflects off the colored glass of the balustrade, creating shades of various colors. The entire atrium is like a kaleidoscope that is constantly changing from moment to moment.

A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.

A total of 438 pieces of 10 different colors of colored glass were used throughout the building for the windows and railings.

A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.

The shadows repeatedly expand and contract as the colors overlap each other and become different colors, or as they move from the vertical to the horizontal plane.

A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.
A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.

The rooftop, which also features colorful glass, allows the children to see the world through a different lens.

A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.

Here’s a look at the first-floor plan and the section drawing of the building.

A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.
Photography by CreatAR Images | Design firm: SAKO Architects | Principal architect: Keiichiro Sako | Architectural Design : SAKO Architects | Interior design: SAKO Architects | Manufacturers: Vanceva | Engineering: Beijing Yanhuang International Architecture & Engineering Co.Ltd | Landscape: SAKO Architects

Source: Contemporist

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