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HP Kid Space

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HP Kid Space Mountain Zone - Hanqi LI
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HP Kid Space Mountain Zone - Hanqi LI

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Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
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JURY VOTES
Single-Brand Store
7.33
7.33
7.42
5.42
6.88
William Barrington-Binns
William Barrington-Binns Director of Photography at WBB & Co.
7
6
7
5
6.25
Corien Pompe
Corien Pompe Chairman and Founder at Donna e Mobile
I looks beautifull at first sight…....
7
7
7
6
6.75
Anastasia Karandinou
Anastasia Karandinou Architect, Senior Lecturer at University of East London
8
8
7
6
7.25
Jasper Blüm
Jasper Blüm Senior Designer at Colliers
7
8
8
6
7.25
Bret Recor
Bret Recor Founder & Creative Director at Box Clever
8
7
8
7
7.5
Avşar Gurpinar
Avşar Gurpinar Assistant Professor at Istanbul Bilgi University
6
7
7
6
6.5
Chen Xiaohu
Chen Xiaohu Cofounder and Brand Director at BloomDesign
7
7
7
6
6.75
Jason Traves
Jason Traves Chief Creative Officer at Lucky Fox
9
8
8
6
7.75
Joanna van der Linden
Joanna van der Linden Global Retail Identity & Design Manager at Nestlé Nespresso
I love the fact that this space was...
9
8
9
2
7
Richard Parr
Richard Parr Founder at Richard Parr Associates
7
8
6
3
6
Stefano Giussani
Stefano Giussani CEO at Lissoni New York
7
7
8
7
7.25
Johnny Chiu
Johnny Chiu Founder at J.C. Architecture
6
7
7
5
6.25
Designer
Client
HP Education Group
Floor area
1200 ㎡
Completion
2019
Leading Designer
Yan Pan
Project Partners
Zhen Li, Yimeng Tang
Project Architect
Ying Li
Design Team Members
Anran Lao, Ruixue Fan, Junyou Chen, Yile Xu, Yanan Wang, Junyi Chen, Milos Bojinovic, Hao Chen
Photographer
Hanqi Li
Lighting Designer
Xu Zhang
Steel Structure Designer
Fuli Yu
Construction Drawing Development
Guoliang Sun
Logo Designer
Ruiqi Zhang
Kid Doodles Artist
Jingxuan Pan
GRP Supplier
eGRow
PVC Supplier
Rainbow PVC
Carpentry of Reading Area
Xiuchun Yuan and His Team
Construction Contractor
Hubei Xuanzhong Decoration Design Co., Ltd.

In the 21st century, shopping malls have become the most important family destinations in urban areas in China. Childhood in a shopping mall is a phenomenon worthy of our attention. Moreover, some well-known motifs have dominated our children's lives for quite a while. The design started from observing a social phenomenon and gives a possible “outside the box” solution. Is a “Hello Kitty” style space really a dreamland for kids or is it the childhood imagined by an adult? The HP Kid Space project tries to propose its own opinions on the above issue. It tries to provide a space not only to encourage children to play and learn, but to free children’s imagination and to allow creative interaction with abstract geometry, instead of with figures and motifs created for children. It is inspired by nature, the universe and mountains. It recalls the inspiration of nature and geometrical forms. The intention was to help children to develop their consciousness and bodies without reference to the common motifs that adults have created for them. Digital modeling techniques have been used to test the geometry. It is a place that is trying to be inspirational, just as nature inspires us, not by being proactive, but always there to respond to our ideas with its geological setup. The space is divided into two parts: the mountain zone and the universe zone. The mountain zone consists a series of slopes with the same angle to the ground. They are scaled, sited, and angled to create continuous walkways connecting each level. The slopes also create random spaces/caves between the different levels. The caves are interconnected to create more complicated spaces for kids to play in and climb. The universe zone consists of 4 hemispheres of different diameters that intersect with each other. These intersections create openings, which connect the spaces in the hemispheres to be a series of function rooms. These are for playing with toys, for theatre and video projection, for a library and a party room, and some are available for hire. Some of the hemispheres have belts that resemble the rings of planets. Surfaces that blend between the hemispheres’ inside and outside walls were arranged with different fillet radii to deliver different feelings. The sharp edges between the library and the party room display a strong silhouette of the moon, while the soft transition between the grand round hall and the role-playing room reflects a softer, gentler sense of welcome. The design studio facilitated both manufacture and construction by close collaboration with the factories and contractors. The parametric digital model was sent to the manufacturer for solid surfacing casting. There were a lot of discussions to deal with construction issues. After those discussions, the studio worked hard to draft the steel plate drawings for the solid surface supports. The plates are well designed, with a detailed labeling system etched onto the plate by laser. The plates are arranged with a sophisticated notching system to connect one to the other.