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1+1＝无限大
one+one= infinite
“想象一下春天是怎样？万物复苏，暖阳把感官从冬眠中叫醒，眼前是点缀着绚丽花朵的田野，阵阵清风吹过花香，心情就像是花儿一样的绽放，我们都是浪漫远航的一颗星，这时你已经准备好去探索这个充满无限可能的世界了"!
"Imagine what spring is like? Everything is revived, the warm sun wakes the senses from hibernation, the fields are dotted with gorgeous flowers, the breeze blows the fragrance of flowers, the mood is like a flower blooming, we are all romantic A star on a voyage, now you"re ready to explore this world of infinite possibilities"!
01从零到一,一则无限大
From zero to one, one is infinite
遇见无限的∞
Meet the infinite ∞
项目位于“女娲故里”陕西省安康市平利县，据传平利为上古时代三皇之一女娲氏的治所，是女娲炼石补天的地方，在这样的语境中建造房子，意味着要从其本质与历史中提取线索，并从历史变迁，和城市更迭的氛围中探寻某种能量，桑海沧田，在历史的长河里，万事万物都在不停地变化，作为伫立于历史的神话形象，这里的文明无疑给了我们无限的想象和创作空间。
The project is located in Pingli County, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province. It is said that Pingli was the seat of the Nuwa family, one of the three emperors in ancient times. It was the place where Nuwa made stones to mend the sky. A house means to extract clues from its essence and history, and to explore a certain energy from historical changes and the atmosphere of urban change. As a mythical image standing in history, the civilization here undoubtedly gives us unlimited imagination and creative space.
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女娲补天用五色石垒起炎黄大地的建筑文化，她抟土造人，并化生万物 ，为我们打开了新空间和新世界，使天地不再沉寂，而设计常常会在具象与抽象的循环往复中探索着。这渺小而又顽强的生命力仿佛在唤醒与宇宙天地的连结，激励着人类用新的方式建造自己的家，在和谐中布局新版图，以新视角展示地域文化。
Nuwa Butian used five-colored stones to build up the architectural culture of the Yanhuang earth. She made human beings and transformed all things, opened up new spaces and new worlds for us, and made the heaven and earth no longer silent, and design is often figurative and abstract exploring in the cycle. This small but tenacious vitality seems to be awakening the connection with the universe, inspiring human beings to build their own homes in new ways, laying out new territories in harmony, and showing regional culture from a new perspective.
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建筑鸟瞰 以群山为背景
此项目的切入点是对场地的思考，这是一个被重新阐释的原型，由空间、时间、物质和能量构成的统一体，4041㎡的建筑形态以“莫比乌斯环“∞所代表的无穷符号进行优化，也象征着“从零到一，一则无穷大”的教育理念。
建筑设计的初衷理应来自源源不竭的创造力！纯粹、简洁的建筑形态，孕育出一系列丰富且多变的环绕空间形式，都说形式追随功能，也许形式谁也不追随，它是自然而然的，是所有空间、物理、自然过程互动适应的产物。
The entry point of this project is the thinking of the site, which is a reinterpreted prototype, a unity composed of space, time, matter and energy. The architectural form of 4041 square meters is represented by the "Mobius Ring" ∞ The infinity symbol is optimized, and it also symbolizes the educational concept of "from zero to one, one is infinity".
The 900 intention of architectural design should come from inexhaustible creativity! The pure and concise architectural form breeds a series of rich and changeable surrounding space forms. It is said that the form follows the function, and maybe no one follows the form. It is natural and the product of the interaction and adaptation of all spatial, physical and natural processes. .
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光影流动
一场关于艺术与现实映照的精彩演绎，已经开启美好未知的大门，未知无极量，期待这里的孩子永远有着令人惊喜的未知和勇往直前的勇气！
A wonderful performance about the reflection of art and reality, which has opened the door to the beautiful and unknown, and the unknown is infinite. It is expected that the children here will always have the surprising unknown and the courage to move forward!
02幼儿精神堡垒
Children"s spiritual fortress
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建筑鸟瞰
重启和创造，跳出固有模式
Restart and create, out of the
inherent mode
探知宇宙，最好的方法莫过于向内寻找，一次宇宙的爆破，意味着要重新认知重启和创造，而不是让孩子去适应1+1＝2的单一教学环境，逐渐做着循环往复的加减程序，少了些创新在里面，我们希望将设计思维更好的融入中国的幼儿基础教育，让我们的孩子未来能更好地去应对这个真实和复杂多元的世界，了解设计不只是单一的模式，同样，学校也是，希望跳出固有的模式，找到新的思维线索，传统教育的时代，除了基础教育能够给予孩子们的知识传递，建筑也可以带孩子进入不同世界里去。
The best way to explore the universe is to look inward. A blast of the universe means re-cognizing, restarting and creating, rather than letting children adapt to a single teaching environment of 1+1=2, and gradually do a cyclical cycle Addition and subtraction procedures, without some innovation, we hope to better integrate design thinking into China"s basic early childhood education, so that our children can better cope with this real and complex and diverse world in the future, and understand that design is not just a single The same is true of schools, hoping to jump out of the inherent model and find new thinking clues. In the era of traditional education, in addition to the knowledge transfer that basic education can give children, architecture can also bring children into different worlds.
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理想的小梯子
"教育行业是最需要投入创新设计思维的，因为它们关系到世界的未来。"
"The education industry is the most in need of innovative design thinking, because they relate to the future of the world."
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鸟瞰全局
平利县教育局将教育作为重点，力推基础教育建设，尝试传递多维度的教育理念和方法，委托迪卡建筑设计中心为其设计平利第三幼儿园，期待通过一定的前期资金投入和产业导入，实现零散社群的集群振兴，旨为当地孩子提供更好的学习环境，引入新的教育机会.
让建筑成为这里真正意义上的文化载体和引擎，也成为欠缺发展社区内的一种光明存在。
Pingli County Education Bureau takes education as the focus, pushes forward the construction of basic education, tries to convey multi-dimensional educational concepts and methods, and entrusts Dika Architectural Design Center to design Pingli No. 3 Kindergarten for it, looking forward to certain early capital investment and industrial Import, realize the cluster revitalization of scattered communities, aim to provide a better learning environment for local children and introduce new educational opportunities.
Let the building become the real cultural carrier and engine here, and also a bright existence in the underdeveloped community.
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宽阔教学场地灵活多变
有效的设计意味着要深入地了解一个地方的历史—它的文化、地理环境和风土人情,通过面对面的深入交流以及各种考量，我们逐渐理解，这里需要的不仅仅是座幼儿园建筑，更是一种理念、一张蓝图，以唤醒整个社会对儿童教育的珍视。
Effective design means to deeply understand the history of a place - its culture, geographical environment and customs. Through in-depth face-to-face communication and various considerations, we gradually understand that what is needed here is not only a kindergarten building, but also a kindergarten building. A concept, a blueprint to awaken the cherishing of children"s education in the whole society.
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趣味互动环境
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互动式游戏体验
“孩子,阴影和场地里的时光”
建筑室外界定出一个动态的空间，采用流线设计，孩子会随着地环形态的起伏去探索。室内楼梯可以快速通道室外活动场地，空间交互贯通，上下串联相应，道路形成动态关系，无限循环的环境，尽可能为孩子提供可以自由奔跑的场所.
"Children, Shadows and Time in the Field"
The exterior of the building defines a dynamic space with a streamlined design, and children will explore with the ups and downs of the ground. The indoor stairs can quickly access the outdoor activity venue, the space is interconnected, the upper and lower are connected in series, the road forms a dynamic relationship, and the environment of infinite circulation provides a place where children can run freely as much as possible.
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宽阔的户外活动场地
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活力户外场域激发孩童探索乐趣
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建筑外观
03迎光内核x想象力
Yingguang Kernel x Imagination
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施工现场
“光与影相遇，碰撞无限可能”
Light and shadow meet, infinite
possibilities for collision
看见天空，身体整个都被宇宙覆盖，在那一瞬间，感到灵魂开始消融，在无穷无尽的永恒时间与无垠空间中旋转不休。正如光与影的相遇，几乎无处不在，却又在有心而为之下，能够碰撞出无限的可能。
Seeing the sky, the whole body is covered by the universe, and at that moment, I feel that the soul begins to dissolve, spinning endlessly in the infinite eternal time and infinite space. Just like the encounter of light and shadow, it is almost everywhere, but with intention, it can collide with infinite possibilities.
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廊道细部
“建筑、空气和光线，是塑造风景的绝妙方式。”
"Architecture, air and light, are a wonderful way to shape the landscape."
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从室内到室外的双向视角
“连廊自留地，时空乌托邦。”
将艺术融于生活的强烈意愿，进阶着人生的无限可能 ，我们将孩子们视为成长中的主体，建筑内环缩减具象形象的刺激，以隐喻规律的连环形态构筑探索天地，用简单的空间和界面唤起儿童身体律动与接触的本能。突出运动感和引导性，也形成了变化的空间体验与多样的视线关系，同时与公共空间互相表达。
在光与影的流转之间，将艺术融于校园生活，让自发的好奇心和探索欲在儿童内心萌生，让童年的动与静回归于儿童自身的节奏和规律。
"The corridor is reserved, a space-time utopia."
The strong desire to integrate art into life has advanced the infinite possibilities of life. We regard children as the main body of growth. The inner circle of the building reduces the stimulation of figurative images, and builds the world of exploration in the form of a metaphorical chain, using simple Spaces and interfaces evoke the child"s instinct for physical rhythm and contact. Highlighting the sense of movement and guidance, it also forms a changing space experience and diverse line-of-sight relationships, and at the same time expresses each other with the public space.
Between the flow of light and shadow, art is integrated into campus life, so that spontaneous curiosity and desire to explore are born in children"s hearts, and the movement and stillness of childhood return to the rhythm and law of children themselves.
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宽阔教学场地灵活多变
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孩童个性无限扩展
“世界本没有边界，只有消除边界感，才能让宇宙变得更平和，人类需要进步，关于“无我”和“真我”总要有一个先到达，用小的欲望去实现大的虚无，我们便更能接近时代的本质，也是越能接近激发创造力的临界点！无形以边界模糊，重获自由需打破思维的疆界，变化才是永恒不变的真理。"
"The world has no boundaries. Only by eliminating the sense of boundaries can the universe become more peaceful. Human beings need to progress. Regarding "selflessness" and "true self", one must arrive first, and small desires can be used torealize big nothingness. The closer we can get to the essence of the times, and the closer we can get to the critical point of stimulating creativity! Invisibility blurs the boundaries, and regaining freedom requires breaking the boundaries of thinking, and change is the eternal truth."
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沉浸式教学体验
以孩子为本，探索孩子与校园之间的对应关系，我们希望创建一个儿童与老师能共同探索、玩耍与生活、学习的环境。
只是想表明：”设计和建筑可能是哲学的，理论上的活动，我们希望可以激发孩子有一个新的创新意识“。
Taking children as the center, exploring the correspondence between children and the campus, we hope to create an environment where children and teachers can explore, play, live and learn together.
Just wanted to show: "Design and architecture may be philosophical, theoretical activities that we hope can inspire children to have a new sense of innovation".
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理想的小梯子
任何适合的供给，都需要在反复考验中才能得到生存、壮大。打造“不局限于幼儿园”的理念，我们希望能用设计思维，提升创新的软实力和硬实力， 为世界的未来找到更多样的可能性”，给予有限空间无限想象，才能赋予幼儿校园生活的无限可能。
Any suitable supply needs to survive and grow after repeated tests. To create the concept of "not limited to kindergartens", we hope to use design thinking to enhance the soft power and hard power of innovation, and to find more possibilities for the future of the world." Only by giving limited space and unlimited imagination can we give children campus life of infinite possibilities.
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充满趣味性的户外场地
04万物生生的起点
The starting point of all things
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中庭花园
“自然活力场域,创造精神呼吸”
Natural vitality field to create
spiritual breathing
宇宙是值得我们敬畏的，同时宇宙中的许多元素是值得我们学习和借鉴的。我们在设计本项目的时候，会把平利建筑的浪漫主义色彩，平利的山川秀美的特点，以及宇宙的博大精深完美融合。
The universe is worthy of our awe, and many elements in the universe are worthy of our study and reference. When we design this project, we will perfectly integrate the romanticism of the flatland architecture, the beautiful features of the flatland mountains and rivers, and the breadth and depth of the universe.
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小朋友近距离接触自然
“踏上探索无限大与无限小，远与近，宏伟与亲密之间联系的旅程，是对时空的多阶段探索，本项目是希望可以邀请公众去思考并发现另一个新的维度。
Embark on a journey to explore the connection between the infinite and the infinite, the far and the near, the grand and the intimate. It is a multi-stage exploration of time and space. This project hopes to invite the public to think and discover another new dimension.
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交融之境-无限天
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圆形光井带来天空的视野
“映射印象，
变化迭代滋生想象。”
从视角和感官出发，以一种观之可亲的形象与体验唤醒心中的童忆与童梦，让自然的风参与场地的体验，充满冉冉生机的环境，带动儿童对大自然最真切的视听感受。
考虑儿童对于特定模式活动的喜爱，如转圈、跟随追逐、小组活动等。连廊的动态设计也调动着儿童的情绪，使得自由探索的活动充满期待，成为幼儿园生活中的精彩环节。
"Mapping impressions,
Change and iteration breed imagination. "
Starting from the perspective and senses, use an amiable image and experience to awaken the childhood memories and dreams in the heart, let the natural wind participate in the experience of the venue, and the environment full of vitality will drive children to the most authentic audio-visual about nature. feel.
Consider children"s enjoyment of specific patterns of activity, such as circling, chasing, group activities, etc. The dynamic design of the corridor also arouses the emotions of children, making the activities of free exploration full of expectations and becoming a wonderful part of kindergarten life.
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室内局部视角
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天空与地面
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光的漏斗
从西南到东北，连续的环廊设计让看似独立的各个功能空间串联成一个连贯的系统。不同形态对应着不同地点的光照、视野、空间等需求，视野和光线也为孩子步入学习空间释放着能量，我们渴望能保护好孩子所感知的美好，了解儿童内在意识的更深处，致力于将“无畏、自由、不懈”的精神在新一代中进行传承。
From the southwest to the northeast, the continuous ring corridor design connects the seemingly independent functional spaces into a coherent system. Different forms correspond to the lighting, vision, space and other needs of different places. Vision and light alsorelease energy for children to step into the learning space. We are eager to protect the beauty that children perceive, understand the deeper depths of children"s inner consciousness, and devote ourselves to Inherit the spirit of "fearlessness, freedom and perseverance" in the new generation.
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多重空间体验
在光影多重叠加的维度里，有着对未知的好奇和自我向内探索的过程，我们希望此幼儿园不仅在机能上是一所教育场所，在精神上，这里更是一处静谧心灵之窗。
In the multi-layered dimension of light and shadow, there is a process of curiosity about the unknown and self-introspection. We hope that this kindergarten is not only an educational place in function, but also a window of tranquility in spirit.
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05 美好与力量
Beauty and strength
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空间中流动的光影力量
有限与无限”
finite and infinite
神学上说:"如果你从无限中移走或添加一部分，剩下的还是无限。"哲学上说:"无限可以归因于空间和时间。"
"Limited and Unlimited"
finite and infinite
Theologically: "If you remove or add a part from the infinity, you are left with the infinity." Philosophically: "The infinity can be attributed to space and time."
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户外场地开放互通便捷清晰
“进入者和使用者，赋予建筑人文属性和生命力。”
整体设计的落脚点仍回归到空间的使用者：孩子，大坡道的设计以富于变幻的形态呈现，高低差通过有节奏的跌落产生立体的秩序，引导孩子穿越空间，点缀在场地之中的儿童游戏装置为整个活动空间带来了更丰富的色彩、形式与功能，孩子们的进入更是为校园环境赋予了独特的活力。
孩子不会永远只是孩子，他们是成人的萌芽，是未来的缔造者，他们能在肉眼可见的高速成长中孕育着人的无限可能性！
"Entrants and users endow buildings with humanistic attributes and vitality."
The foothold of the overall design still returns to the users of the space: children, the design of the large ramp is presented in a changeable form, and the height difference generates a three-dimensional order through rhythmic falls, guiding children through the space and embellishing the site. The children"s game installations bring richer colors, forms and functions to the whole activity space, and the children"s entry gives unique vitality to the campus environment.
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场景布局具有引导性
从教学性、实践性、拓展性等多个维度出发，户外充满趣味空间的布局以景观的方式介入,不同尺度的游戏角落，成为孩子课余生活展开各类活动的拓展，我们试图打造一个鼓励交往与探索、融入自然与生活的幼儿实践基地,成为激发孩子灵感的主要场所，各种活动都可以在这里随机发生。
Starting from multiple dimensions such as teaching, practice, and expansion, the layout of outdoor interesting spaces is intervened in the way of landscape, and the game corners of different scales have become the expansion of various activities in children"s after-school life. We try to create an environment that encourages communication. The practice base for young children, which explores and integrates into nature and life, has become the main place to inspire children, and various activities can happen randomly here.
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通过观察儿童的行为，我们发现孩子的很多乐趣来自一些身体的简单行为，让他们尽情奔跑，攀爬，跳上跳下吧！
By observing children"s behavior, we found that a lot of children"s fun comes from some simple physical behavior, let them run, climb, jump up and down!
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孩子正在嬉戏
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场地里的时光
06洞察与户外实践
Insights and Outdoor Practice
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“创新没有界限”
Innovation has no boundaries
康莱德:"永无止境,创新没有界限",最后我们决定打破固有思维。
Conrad: "Never-ending, innovation has no boundaries", and finally we decided to break the stereotype.
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光明与自由的交融之境
“多样化屋顶，
成为孩童创造的自由之地。”
我们通过对采光，通风，景观角度等因素的分析，将校园建立起来新的秩序，多样化屋顶成为孩子们的操场活动场地，不仅仅是字面体现的功能，更是孩子们沟通交流的空间和相遇的地方，成为校园生活的一个新的场所类型。
"Diversified roofs,
Be a place of freedom created by children. "
Through the analysis of factors such as lighting, ventilation, and landscape angle, we have established a new order in the campus, and the diversified roof has become a playground for children. It is not only a literal function, but also a space for children to communicate and communicate. The meeting place becomes a new type of place for campus life.
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户外水域空间成为幼儿生活中的精彩环节
户外戏水池以 “水滴”为造型，“有形”又“无形”的特性为灵感，以大自然为教室，打造孩童可参与的互动的水生态活力区，也是孩童可以尽情嬉戏的场所。
图案与象征性的主题交织在一起，不仅创造出一系列功能适应性户外环境，更为孩子们提供了一个趣味性的教育环境。促进孩子与水的接触，让孩子可以轻松穿越或进入水中，体验漫步于水面之上的兴奋感，与河流进行亲密的直接互动，是希望孩子可以在与自然接触中变得更加勇敢。
The outdoor paddling pool is shaped by "water droplets", inspired by the characteristics of "tangible" and "intangible", and uses nature as a classroom to create an interactive water ecological vitality area that children can participate in, and it is also a place where children can play to their heart"s content.
Patterns are intertwined with symbolic themes to create not only a range of functionally adaptable outdoor environments, but also a playful educational environment for children. Promote children"s contact with water, so that children can easily pass through or enter the water, experience the excitement of walking on the water surface, and have an intimate and direct interaction with the river, hoping that children can become more brave in contact with nature.
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儿童自发进行游戏
“在每一次寻找目的地的过程中，更懂得创造力是可以让不起眼的地方开出幸福的花,塑造想象力是我们的任务"。
尊重个体差异，尊重每个孩子年龄及性格的差异性，我们希望每个孩子都可以按照自己的方式探索有兴趣的东西，以自己的方式和速度进行学习 。
"In every process of finding a destination, we understand that creativity can make a happy flower bloom in an inconspicuous place, and it is our task to shape our imagination."
Respecting individual differences, respecting the differences in age and personality of each child, we hope that each child can explore things of interest in his own way and learn at his own way and speed.
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水域空间布局
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运动器材放置区
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儿童换鞋区
从设计实践的领域“出走”，将眼光落脚在更本质的问题上，用少量的手法去表达丰富的感情，有效的去建造教育空间，而不是过度奢侈。
教育应该是具有“启发性“，应该有面向无限的感受投身于“看不见的设计”，我们希望能将“无畏、自由、不懈”的精神在新一代中传承，在不断探索的道路上看清自己要坚守什么，改变什么，光扬什么！才能挖掘出设计与教育之间的无限融合。
"Leaving" from the field of design practice, focusing on more essential issues, using a small amount of techniques to express rich feelings, effectively building educational space, rather than excessive luxury.
Education should be "inspirational", and there should be an infinite sense of devotion to "invisible design". We hope to inherit the spirit of "fearlessness, freedom, and perseverance" in the new generation, and see it on the road of continuous exploration. Clear what you want to stick to, what to change, and what to promote! Only then can we discover the infinite fusion between design and education.
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建筑模型
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立面模型
千锤百炼，燃烧锻造，从零到一，从有限到无限，从缥缈到硬核，在虚无朦胧与众目睽睽之中，初始的困难总是被无限的放大 ，而在这放大的背后是几百倍的聚焦力，我们在时间里执着的坚持着，专注于手中的考卷，希望用一个想法去表达生活的繁复，用一整个声音去表达整个宇宙！只是想把它化为一种影响力，化为一种激发大众的能力！
Thousands of tempering, burning and forging, from zero to one, from finite to infinity, from ethereal to hardcore, in the midst of obscurity and public eyes, the initial difficulties are always magnified infinitely, and behind this magnification is hundreds of times. We persist in the time and focus on the examination papers in our hands, hoping to express the complexity of life with one idea, and express the entire universe with one voice! Just trying to turn it into an influence, an ability to inspire the masses!
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建筑整体形态
当孩子踏进∞幼儿园时，代表人生的乐章翻到下一页，希望时间定格在每一个孩子笑容洋溢的时刻，希望少年可以永远拥有这份自信与朝气，从此刻，蜕变开始，开始了人生的无限可能！
When a child steps into ∞ kindergarten, the movement that represents life turns to the next page. I hope that time will be fixed at the moment when every child is smiling. I hope that young people can always have this confidence and vigor. From this moment, transformation begins and life begins. Infinite Possibilities!
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一层平面图
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二层平面图
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三层平面图
王俊宝
WangJunbao
“两年前平利县教育局局长与他的同事一行5人亲自来到我们工作室，来访中我们能感受到领导的远见，他与同事们对教育的热情。局长说他们是慕名而来的，希望我们可以发挥聪明才智，可以在低设计费低建筑造价的情况下为平利设计一所好幼儿园。
平利县虽偏远但一直以来对教育十分重视！既然要新建一所幼儿园 那就要找最好的设计师，他知道设计费一定不便宜就亲自来谈！
经过长时间的接触 我们被感动了，我们在资金十分有限的情况下答应了本次委托。
很大原因是他们的真诚他们为老百姓办实事的决心，同时我们也希望为山区的孩子打造更优质的教育环境作出一些力所能及的努力。
事实证明本次合作非常成功，在施工中教育局各科室主任领导都非常认真负责，克服了诸多困难。工人们也勤勤恳恳加班加点付出着！
建成后投入使用我们看到了优秀的园长和老师，他们投入了大量心血为孩子们输出最优质的课程！
在此向为本项目付出的诸位致敬，孩子们的笑容是最好的答案。”
"Two years ago, the director of the Pingli County Education Bureau and his colleagues came to our studio in person. During the visit, we could feel the leadership"s vision, and his and his colleagues" enthusiasm for education. The director said that they came here because of the famous name. Yes, I hope we can use our ingenuity to design a good kindergarten for Pingli with low design cost and low construction cost.
Although Pingli County is remote, it has always attached great importance to education! Since he wants to build a new kindergarten, he must find the best designer. He knows that the design fee must not be cheap, so he will discuss it in person!
After a long period of contact, we were moved, and we agreed to this commission with very limited funds.
A big reason is their sincerity and their determination to do practical things for the common people. At the same time, we also hope to make some efforts to create a better educational environment for children in the mountains.
Facts have proved that this cooperation is very successful. During the construction, the directors and leaders of each department of the Education Bureau are very serious and responsible, and have overcome many difficulties. The workers are also diligently working overtime and paying!
After it was completed and put into use, we saw excellent principals and teachers who put a lot of effort into delivering the best quality courses for the children!
I would like to pay tribute to everyone who has contributed to this project. Children"s smiles are the best answer. "