By X Studio Architects
Size : 2,500 m2 site
Completion Date : 2025
The daycare facility features a circular design covering about 500 sqm, with a 67 sqm central courtyard. Three box-shaped classrooms radiate outward from the center, creating a pizza-shaped outdoor play area between them to encourage interactions among children from different classrooms, promoting learning, communication, and socialization. The classrooms are tailored for specific age groups, accommodating children under 2, toddlers, and preschoolers. The central courtyard serves as a core circulation area, offering easy surveillance and ample natural light. The circular layout ensures a secure play area for young children and minimizes sharp corners, while the box classrooms provide a sense of belonging and orientation within the otherwise complex circular space. The main service area, housing offices, kitchen, dining, entrance, and a sleeping area for the youngest children, is situated in the eastern to southern part of the circular form.
X Studio is a creative, young architecture firm founded in 2016 by Owen Xing. Our team consists of architectural designers with extensive building experience throughout many years in the industry across New Zealand, China and Europe.
We specialise in residential architecture with projects ranging from private lifestyle house to high density subdivisions.
The studio is always working in close collaboration with planners, builders, engineers and many other consultants within the field to deliver successful design solutions that are client-focused and make a lasting contribution to the built environment of tomorrow.