The building in Fife Road in Kingston is now ready to demolish. By investigating the idea of circular communities, reuse is a sustainable way to conserve a building. Applying a new use for the building benefits the community development. Through the research of the site, I realised that the town is more relay on retail development. Besides, the statistics of the population in youth is rapidly increasing. Overall, the lands need for education used and play areas are limited.
I proposed my design to transform the building into an education centre, which provides space and physical education facilities for kids and students. It is open to the public. The schools and students in Kingston will have the priority to reserve the facilities/ rooms during weekdays. It will offer diverse activities and facilities that benefit the youth’s growth and health.
The main concept of my scheme is to encourage kids to explore and learn through playing. A lot of parents might like to set a boundary to their kids, which they can do or which can’t. From my perspective, the way to build up their kids’ confidence will be to explore and try.
The aspect of my design is strongly focused on spatial and lighting. Diversifying the space functionally occupy and the expression of spatial perspectives on varied floors are crucial. The design was deliberately crafted out parts of ceilings to create a void. It provides spaciousness to the building, which creates a lot of sharing space. It reinforces the idea of gather and the sense of being in endless nature. The settings of the space have reinforced the hierarchy that different ages of people doing things, which like a game that they need to defeat the barriers. It encourages kids to aim and challenge various highness of adventures. This will be an education method that merges with the physical facilities to train and develop youth wellbeing, confidence and ambition.
‘Play is the primary way children were designed to learn.’