This document provides information about the Sunshine Kindergarten Zhongshan project in China. It describes the architects' goal to create liberal and flowing spaces that echo natural nature and allow for free exploration and discovery. The kindergarten's central design feature is an open courtyard surrounded by semi-open terraces and energetic learning spaces, with unrestricted connecting spaces between classrooms for children to meet, play, and learn freely according to their interests and curiosity.

1. Sunshine Kindergarten Zhongshan
ONLINE CASE STUDY
BY
DEEPA C MANAGOOLI
2ND SEMESTER
THE OXFORD SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BANGALORE

2. Arch Design Architects Ltd. : Profile
Team Members
Wallace Chang Ping Hung, Principal Architect
Yuet Tsang Chi, Principal Architect
Mung Siu Hei, Assistant Architect
Ho Kin Yan, Assistant Architect
Sunshine Kindergarten Zhongshan
No. 8 DongMing Road, Zhongshan, Guangdong
Zhongshan
CHINA

3. As a “Kinder”, we explore the world’s fundamentals and create our tales, natural but
immeasurable. We want to fly when we see the sky, and we want to swim when we
see the sea. To create a “Garten” for the Kinders, we simply focus on those
fundamentals for their free explorations and discoveries within this Kindergarten.
The main architectural concern is to create liberal spaces for the kinders to learn and
create within and outside the rigid learning spaces. We emphasize the openness and
fluency of the spaces and intend to provide flowing and vivid spatial qualities to
liberate their creativity. The organic spaces experienced through moving around the
garten is an attempt to echo with organic nature and create an open dialogue
between interior and exterior spaces, as well as between the process of teaching
and learning.
Entering the garten, the kinders will enjoy the dynamic spaces connecting the
transitional water pond in front of the entrance and semi-open terraces around the
central courtyard. Inside the courtyard, the space is discharged to the infinite sky
with energetic learning spaces on both sides. The unrestricted spaces connecting
the classrooms are created for them to meet, gather, sit, sing, play, think and for
whatever purposes they want.
We believe this spatial liberty following the dynamic spaces to the Kinders would
arouse their curiosity, intimacy and belonging to this Garten, a place for them to
explore our world.