家盒子，北京，中國

建筑設計：北京科羅思邦建筑設計咨詢公司

“我們知道，培育一個快樂、健康、充滿希望的孩子，需要許多人的努力——家庭、老師、神職人員、商人、社區領袖等等，需要給予我們健康和安全的人，需要我們每一個人。的確，培育一個孩子需要所有人的努力。”

——希拉里·克林頓

家盒子的定位介于游樂場和幼兒園之間，在為12歲以下兒童創造一片天地的同時，也為家長提供相配套的服務。在這里，會有不同的活動——游泳，游戲，涵蓋音樂、手工、廚藝等內容的課程班，以及一個巨大的攀登架、書店和寬敞的咖啡休閑區。它位于環境幽美的城市公園一角，具有良好的景觀視野。

成人和孩子不同的身體尺度感是我們設計的出發點，家盒子應該同時具有兩種尺度的空間。但是，如何賦有創意地平衡兩者，如何完美地結合這兩種尺度的功能呢？

除了復雜的功能要求外，此項目的另一個挑戰是如何應對已有的結構體系、柱網布置，以及建筑輪廓。在我們介入之前的項目更早期階段，已有另一家公司完成了建筑的主要結構。

規矩的柱網似乎與我們的設計想法大相徑庭，我們需要用不同的手法抵消它們的均質感。我們開始設計時，建筑的上兩層樓面尚未開始施工，這對我們來說是一個使建筑變得更為親近孩子的機會。我們把樓板上下錯位，并在樓板的一些位置上開洞，使視線能夠穿越樓板。

我們把多種多樣的活動裝進各自獨立的盒子，以使它們能夠不互相干擾并擁有各自適合的空間。每一個房間都有其特定的功能和主題，從房間的外觀顏色和家具能很輕易將其區分。不同的房間有不同的故事和活動，獨立的空間環境使孩子們得以集中注意力于他們自己的活動。盒子上的小方窗讓房間內外保持著聯系，家長們可以從方窗窺見盒子內孩子們的活動。

盒子的布局打破了混凝土柱網的嚴整規格，另外，裝飾性的拱造型也賦予了空間多變的節奏。在視覺上，普通區域被處理成反差較小的效果，目的是強調孩子使用的區域并與之平衡。

玻璃幕墻把所有的功能包裹進其中，幕墻的尺寸根據已有建筑模數確定。玻璃幕墻上印制的圖案來源于兒童線條涂鴉。涂鴉由兩種尺寸的方塊組成，涂鴉的圖底效果被反轉：背景是半透明的，涂鴉是透明的。外表皮的圖案從遠處可以辨識，它暗示了建筑與兒童、樂趣和休閑的密切關系。

建筑周圍的景觀（項目第二期）使用預制的混凝土磚作鋪地。錯落的方塊鋪地延續了立面的網格，使水平面和豎直面保持一致。連接建筑與公園的小徑也隨建筑所處的坡地而高低起伏。□

項目業主/Client: 北京家盒子文化有限公司/Children Enterprise (UK) Limited

合作方/Col laborating Architects & Engineers: 北京市建筑設計研究院國際工作室和秦禾國際工作室/BIAD International Studio & BIAD TSH International Studio攝影/Photographer: 楊超英/YANG Chaoying

平面設計/Signage: didelidi.com

燈光顧問/Lighting Consultant: 北京市建筑設計研究院

燈光工作室/BIAD lighting studio

基地面積/Site Area: 5 000m2

占地面積/Building Footprint: 2 300m2

總建筑面積/Gross Floor Area: 5 625m2

設計時間/Design Period: 2008.08－2009.02

施工時間/Construction Period: 2008.08－2009.12（第一期）

“We have learned that to raise a happy, heal thy and hopeful child, it takes a family, it takes teachers,it takes clergy, it takes business people, it takes community leaders, it takes those who protect our health and safety, it takes al l of us.Yes, it takes a village to raise a child.”

Hillary Clinton

Family Box is something between an indoor playground and a kindergarten for children up to twelve years old, but it also accomodates their parents’needs. It hosts dif ferent kinds of activities－from swimming, playing games to various classes ranging from music, dancing, crafting to cooking. Furthermore it has a big playframe, a reading area and a generous caf area. Located at the outer corner of a park it is placed in a natural environment, which enhances the visibility of the building.

The dif ferent size and height between adul t and child and their different angle of view was the starting point for considering Family Box should be made by two types of spaces: a kids-scale space and an adultscale space. How to find an inspiring balance between them? How to combine the dif ferent needs?

Despite the complex program another chal lenging part of this project was to deal with an existing structural system, column grid and also the building footprint－due to a different original function of the building and the involvement of another design institute in an earlier project stage.

The rigid concrete structure of the building did not seem the most suitable for the design purpose,that was counterbalanced in dif ferent ways. Since the two upper f loors where not yet constructed, f loor plates were shif ted up and down and cut outs in the f loor al lowed views between the two f loors.

The use of independent rooms in the shape of freestanding boxes allows the activities to run paral lel and it of fers the most suitable environment for each.The rooms have their own program or theme, they al l dif fer from the outside space in terms of color and furniture. They have their own story and inside life and al low the children to concentrate on the program of fered. At the same time, smal l square window openings al low maintaining contact with the outside,and parents can have a peep inside to see what is going on.

The box locations are meant to break the rigid layout of the concrete columns, which is also camouf laged with a series of arches that give a different rhythm to the environment. Visual ly, the common areas are treated with low contrast finishes in order to enhance and balance the space and equipments for the children.

The glass facade is wrapping al l of the functions like a skin, following the given building perimeter. It has a printed pattern, which was developed out of simple single-line drawings made by children. They were modified into a pattern consisting of two different sized squares, the graphic motif is reversed: the background is white-translucent and the drawing is transparent. From far away the objects on the facade are recognizable, they indicate a building function related to children, fun and recreation.

The surrounding landscape (2nd phase) is designed using pre-fabricated concrete tiles. Their displacement fol lows the facade grid creating a continuity between vertical and horizontal surfaces and merging smoothly the access path to the park. They do not follow a f lat surface, since placed on a hil ly ground.□