FX AWARDS 2016: THE WINNERS
Retail Space
Winner: PlayPlus
by Panorama International
Image: Ng Siu Fung
Sponsored by Johnson Tiles
PlayPlus is a kindergarten built in order to implement its educational policy of focusing on raising children who can think, learn and act independently.
The overall kindergarten space depicts the metaphor of an abstract ‘landscape’ in which different degrees of openness, scale, height and proportion were manipulated and can be experienced to the fullest by the children to cater their different activity needs.
Key zones were built in timber veneer finishes and pastel-coloured upholstery were introduced to give dynamic, vivid and inspiring learning environments and to promote the children’s mutual interactions. Feature walls of multimedia projections and traditional chalkboards were juxtaposed to provide flexible and tactile teaching media. Floating, logo-inspired and ‘crossed-shaped’ feature lights acted as a spatial directory and completed the children’s fantasy of the space.
The judges said:
‘Playful use of scale to create this kids world’ ‘Enjoyable and humane, a lovely project’
Finalists & judges' comments
The Life, EMart by Conran + Partners
‘Clear and transferable branding and layout’
ROOM Concept Store by Maincourse Architect
‘Reflecting the designers’ studio through the eclectic and modular nature of the design
Hussein Chalayan, Bourdon Street by ZCD Architects
‘Beautiful, innovatively crafted interior. It embodies the brand’
Fred Perry Bangkok by BuckleyGrayYeoman
‘Great balance of richness and restraint while capturing the essence of the brand’
Hopson Grace by Burdifilek
Very crisp and simple. Beautifully judged, a good choice of materials’
Wuxi Barber Shop by China S5 Design & Consulting Co
‘Brilliant use of shapes to define the interior
Lines Shaped Surfaces by Kris Lin International Design
‘Innovative use of concept to transform the store’
Movel Shoe Store by Moxon Architects
‘Inventive, like the repetition’
