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(C)小平之(Hirouki Oki)

架构师提供的文本描述。该项目是将一所现有的城镇房屋改造成一所私立幼儿园，位于越南SàI G‘n的第1区Định区。

Text description provided by the architects. This project is a conversion of an existing town house into a private kindergarten in Tân Định ward, one of District 1 subdivision, Sài Gòn, Vietnam.

一个空间内的多种功能需求需要灵活的空间适应，使房间从单一的私人空间转移到更大的公共或活动空间，或按比例扩大和缩小规模，同时符合房屋现有的结构要素。

Multiple functional needs within a space demand a flexible spatial adaptation that allow the room to shift from a single private space to a larger public or event space, or to proportionally expand and contract in size while complying with the house’s existing structural elements.

 © Hiroyuki Oki

(C)小平之(Hirouki Oki)

建筑师对这个项目的理解，孩子们自然会感到更舒适的空间，相对关系到他们的大小，其中提供了一种安全感和自由探索他们的周围环境。

The architects approach this project with an understanding children naturally feel more comfortable in spaces that are relatively related to their size, of which offer a sense of safety and freedom to explore their surroundings.

 © Hiroyuki Oki

(C)小平之(Hirouki Oki)

从更大的角度来看，一群小空间会刺激和鼓励孩子们走出家门，去发现他们自己的泡泡之外的东西。灵活的空间组织是对规划需求和建筑师希望提供的教育经验的直接响应。

From a larger point of view, a cluster of small spaces stimulates and encourages the children to go out and discover what is beyond their own personal bubble. The flexible spatial organization is a direct respond to programmatic requirements and the educational experience the architects want to offer.

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(C)小平之(Hirouki Oki)

在社会发展迅速的发展中国家，一种常见的做法是故意改造一座旧建筑，并赋予它新的功能或美学目的。这通常伴随着更复杂的空间需求、有限的资源和时间。

A common practice in developing country, whose society progresses at a fast pace, is to deliberately recondition an old existing building and give it new functional or aesthetic purposes. This is normally done accompanying a more complex spatial demands, limited resources, and time.

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(C)小平之(Hirouki Oki)

尽管受到了种种限制，这个团队已经把一个古老的、铁板一块的空间改造成了一个生机勃勃、生机勃勃的幼儿园，这个地方培养了新一代的越南人。

Despite the constrains, the team have transformed an old, and monolithic space to a bright and exuberant vitality kindergarten, a place that foster the new generation of Vietnamese people.

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(C)小平之(Hirouki Oki)

Architects KIENTRUC O

Location District 1, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Category Kindergarten

Architect in Charge Đàm Vũ

Area 486.0 sqm

Project Year 2015