Chuchu Qi a.k.a. Chuchu
selected works [architecture]
Vacancy into PLAY!
Kindergarten Design
Critic: Bruce Lindsey
Fall 2020 | Core Studio, Half-semester Project
St. Louis, MO
Inspired by the Green City
coalition project which is a community project that deals with the vacancy
crisis in STL, the kindergarten primitive is a reconstruction of an existing
vacant building.
The primitive focuses on turning the vacancy into vibrancy by designing by making the kindergarten as a condense of the community spirit, confidence with a brighter, and sustainable future. Based on personal childhood experience, the space is designed with curvaceous surface, embodied space, and warm color.
The primitive focuses on turning the vacancy into vibrancy by designing by making the kindergarten as a condense of the community spirit, confidence with a brighter, and sustainable future. Based on personal childhood experience, the space is designed with curvaceous surface, embodied space, and warm color.
Site Analysis Drawing
Rapid Diagramming, Customer Research
By studying the nature of children, I separated the space into 3 main educational divisions in the kindergarten including play, self-care, and learning. Outside the primitive, there is a garden that is inspired from Erikson’s theory of Psychological development about children’s cognitive development.
Collage + Exploded Diagram, Site Analysis
Bristol Paper Prototypes, Form Mock-ups
Floor Plans & Circulation, Program Diagrams
Section Render + Interial Space Digital Render
