Yi (Catherine) Yang
Bachelor of Science Candidate
Yun (Cloe) Wang
Master of Architecture Candidate
01    /    INTRODUCTION
As the society started to consider more and more on the children’s education, it
seems that the traditional educational system, which centers around home and
school, cannot satisfy the need for the children’s multidisciplinary development.
According to the architect Christopher Day, who has extensive experiences in
designing schools and early childhood centers, the environment is not only a
space where they live and grow up every day, but also contains the day-to-day,
dynamic yet “hidden curriculum”. Such hidden curriculum would incentivize
creativity, elasticity, social responsibility for children, which is missing in the
traditional format of education. But environment education can be limited by a lot
of factors in urban environments, and most children are still experiencing the
linearity between the two points of home and school. On the other hand,
Luxelake’s geographical qualities and its natural environment provides the best
site for children’s environment based education. With design and technology
going hand-in-hand, our project aims to transform the Luxelake site to a playful
classroom, and an educational playground. Through the interventions of smart
technology and the organization of communal events, we intend to enable
children to learn through exploration and play.
02   /   REPORT
03   /   PRESENTATION