Inspired by the clarity, purity and freshness of the children's voice, the design team derived and followed the concept of Rhythmic Nature.
Challenges
For a Centre to service children aged 3 to 15 in developing their choral talents, the challenge of the project rested on creating an inspiring, imaginative space that needs to function well.
Good acoustics performance of contained space was one of the priorities which conventionally resulting a strictly enclosed environment. Instead of compromising with the containment, strategies were applied to overcome the innate restriction without degrading the sound performance: controlled amount of natural light was allowed to travel within the contained spaces with attentively constructed openings; interior was sculpted materially and tectonically to react with the natural and artificial lighting. Along the enclosed corridor, colored door portals and lighting were carved out from the wall which created the sensation of slender path within glacier, echoing the pristine melodic voices of the children.
A wide range of rooms were made for diverse uses, and each was given a special combination of materials and color to create a subtle character to avoid confusion to the young children. All units were equipped with sufficient utilities with seamless and concealed treatment to avoid injuries to children and damages to hardware.
Materials & Performance
With deep understanding of client's needs, the materials employed from head to toe were to deliver the sense for imagination and natural intimacy for the children to immerse in. The use of timber and grain as dominant textures and carefully studied light diffusion from the gentle ceiling curvature, were to simulate the experience of natural elements and phenomenon: the dawn, cloud, shadow and glacier. The atmosphere was filled with stimulation of creative imagination.
Materials were applied with regards to the objects' unique quality, and specifically in different locations to echo with both aesthetics and function. The application of acoustics materials for performance hall and rehearsal rooms are tested by professional laboratory with unique pattern for optimal performance. In conversation with artificial and natural light, rich and textured materials like micro-fibre panels and venetian lime-based plaster are being experimentally applied throughout the premises to construct an imaginative landscape
Inspired by the clarity, purity and freshness of the children's voice, the design team derived and followed the concept of Rhythmic Nature.
Challenges
For a Centre to service children aged 3 to 15 in developing their choral talents, the challenge of the project rested on creating an inspiring, imaginative space that needs to function well.
Good acoustics performance of contained space was one of the priorities which conventionally resulting a strictly enclosed environment. Instead of compromising with the containment, strategies were applied to overcome the innate restriction without degrading the sound performance: controlled amount of natural light was allowed to travel within the contained spaces with attentively constructed openings; interior was sculpted materially and tectonically to react with the natural and artificial lighting. Along the enclosed corridor, colored door portals and lighting were carved out from the wall which created the sensation of slender path within glacier, echoing the pristine melodic voices of the children.
A wide range of rooms were made for diverse uses, and each was given a special combination of materials and color to create a subtle character to avoid confusion to the young children. All units were equipped with sufficient utilities with seamless and concealed treatment to avoid injuries to children and damages to hardware.
Materials & Performance
With deep understanding of client's needs, the materials employed from head to toe were to deliver the sense for imagination and natural intimacy for the children to immerse in. The use of timber and grain as dominant textures and carefully studied light diffusion from the gentle ceiling curvature, were to simulate the experience of natural elements and phenomenon: the dawn, cloud, shadow and glacier. The atmosphere was filled with stimulation of creative imagination.
Materials were applied with regards to the objects' unique quality, and specifically in different locations to echo with both aesthetics and function. The application of acoustics materials for performance hall and rehearsal rooms are tested by professional laboratory with unique pattern for optimal performance. In conversation with artificial and natural light, rich and textured materials like micro-fibre panels and venetian lime-based plaster are being experimentally applied throughout the premises to construct an imaginative landscape
Inspired by the clarity, purity and freshness of the children's voice, the design team derived and followed the concept of Rhythmic Nature.
Challenges
For a Centre to service children aged 3 to 15 in developing their choral talents, the challenge of the project rested on creating an inspiring, imaginative space that needs to function well.
Good acoustics performance of contained space was one of the priorities which conventionally resulting a strictly enclosed environment. Instead of compromising with the containment, strategies were applied to overcome the innate restriction without degrading the sound performance: controlled amount of natural light was allowed to travel within the contained spaces with attentively constructed openings; interior was sculpted materially and tectonically to react with the natural and artificial lighting. Along the enclosed corridor, colored door portals and lighting were carved out from the wall which created the sensation of slender path within glacier, echoing the pristine melodic voices of the children.
A wide range of rooms were made for diverse uses, and each was given a special combination of materials and color to create a subtle character to avoid confusion to the young children. All units were equipped with sufficient utilities with seamless and concealed treatment to avoid injuries to children and damages to hardware.
Materials & Performance
With deep understanding of client's needs, the materials employed from head to toe were to deliver the sense for imagination and natural intimacy for the children to immerse in. The use of timber and grain as dominant textures and carefully studied light diffusion from the gentle ceiling curvature, were to simulate the experience of natural elements and phenomenon: the dawn, cloud, shadow and glacier. The atmosphere was filled with stimulation of creative imagination.
Materials were applied with regards to the objects' unique quality, and specifically in different locations to echo with both aesthetics and function. The application of acoustics materials for performance hall and rehearsal rooms are tested by professional laboratory with unique pattern for optimal performance. In conversation with artificial and natural light, rich and textured materials like micro-fibre panels and venetian lime-based plaster are being experimentally applied throughout the premises to construct an imaginative landscape