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Architects: KIENTRUC O
- Area: 486 m²
- Year: 2015
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Photographs:Hiroyuki Oki
![Chuon Chuon Kim Kindergarten / KIENTRUC O - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5694/4acb/e58e/cec2/8000/0026/medium_jpg/18.jpg?1452559030)
Text description provided by the architects. This project is a conversion of an existing town house into a private kindergarten in Tân Định ward, one of District 1 subdivision, Sài Gòn, Vietnam.
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Multiple functional needs within a space demand a flexible spatial adaptation that allow the room to shift from a single private space to a larger public or event space, or to proportionally expand and contract in size while complying with the house’s existing structural elements.
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The architects approach this project with an understanding children naturally feel more comfortable in spaces that are relatively related to their size, of which offer a sense of safety and freedom to explore their surroundings.
![Chuon Chuon Kim Kindergarten / KIENTRUC O - Lighting](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5694/4a05/e58e/cec2/8000/0023/medium_jpg/14.jpg?1452558834)
From a larger point of view, a cluster of small spaces stimulates and encourages the children to go out and discover what is beyond their own personal bubble. The flexible spatial organization is a direct respond to programmatic requirements and the educational experience the architects want to offer.
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A common practice in developing country, whose society progresses at a fast pace, is to deliberately recondition an old existing building and give it new functional or aesthetic purposes. This is normally done accompanying a more complex spatial demands, limited resources, and time.
![Chuon Chuon Kim Kindergarten / KIENTRUC O - Lighting](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5694/4929/e58e/cec2/8000/001e/medium_jpg/06.jpg?1452558608)
Despite the constrains, the team have transformed an old, and monolithic space to a bright and exuberant vitality kindergarten, a place that foster the new generation of Vietnamese people.
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