新西兰Chrysalis托儿所/Collingridge and Smith Architects

发布于：2023-05-31 11:04:24

New Zealand Chrysalis nursery

设计方：Collingridge and Smith Architects

位置：新西兰

分类：学校

内容：实景照片

项目规模：800平方米

图片：30张

该项目场地位于一片商业区内，场区内有两棵大树，树下的空地不可能拿来使用。从商业意义上讲，尽管这块场地不实用，但的确可以呈现给人们一座独特漂亮的景观。设计团队意在设计一座托儿所，且希望将一些历史元素融入设计，呈现一种精神价值。从场地本身出发，这两棵大树既是难题，又是灵感来源。或许对于大多数开发商，树的存在显得多余，但是在孩子们的眼里，它们是美丽的事物。这两棵树，一棵是英国橡树，一棵是当地的Pohutakawa树，两棵树尺寸相同，高度相同，并排生长，它们的枝桠伸向场地中央，毛利人的系谱传统大概就是从这样的景象中产生灵感发展而来的，而现在就要在此处设计一座多文化元素的托儿所。

在传统的毛利文化中，这些树代表了Tane，是他将Rangi（天父）和Papa（地母）分开，也正因为这样，世界形成了。基于这样的传说，该设计努力在大树周围营造一种“空虚”感，将大树与其他元素分开，这样在大树周围形成了一块圈地。如此一来，房屋就像是Papa，她被Rangi紧紧抱住，恰好房屋完美的弧线就像是张开的双臂伸向蓝天，除此之外，大树周围地势较高，不仅使得这个凄美的神话故事更加完美的显现出来，而且也容易让人们从远距离看到它。

译者：蝈蝈

The site is in a commercial zone and is dominated by two mature protected trees，with driplines that cannot be built under. This makes the site uneconomic for most commercial uses but actually presents a unique and beautiful opportunity for a childcare centre. Our brief was to create a unique and innovative childcare centre capturing the cultural and spiritual values of the area. Our starting point was the site itself which presented both the problem and the solution: the trees.For most developers the trees have been a big problem, but for early childhood they provide a beautiful and symbolic solution. One is an English Oak tree, the other a native Pohutakawa, both of equal size and stature, standing side by side, their branches touching at the heart of the site. This symbolism forms the basis for the whakapapa of the site and its new use: a bi-cultural (and multicultural) childcare centre.

In the traditional Maori view, the trees also represent Tane who separated Rangi and Papa to create the world (of light). The design draws on this by creating a ‘void’ or space around the trees, which separates out the various elements of the new centre and provides a protective enclosure around the root zone. The building represents Papa (earth mother) who was locked in a tight embrace with Rangi (sky father), and so the graceful curve of the building appears like two arms reaching out to the sky. The elevational form further enhances this effect by keeping a respectful height below the trees,allowing good views of them from the wider environment.