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SAKO建筑设计工社(北京卅口建筑设计咨询有限公司)

Based in Beijing, SAKO建筑设计工社 characterizes its commercial high-rises and mixed-use developments through expressive envelope manipulations, using pixelated carved voids, dynamic angled fins, and rhythmic cutout motifs to obscure interior floor plates. This body of work serves as a strong reference when detailing light-responsive tower facades, integrating movement-aligned geometric openings, or translating exterior arch motifs into interior atrium guardrails and floor patterns.

Exterior facade and multi-level interior atrium of a colorful circular kindergarten by SAKO Architects.

图片2_天水万花筒

北京

A kindergarten architecture precedent demonstrating how colored glass arches and a central atrium transform a circular mass into an immersive, light-filled learning environment.

What we like about this project
The consistent arched motif translates seamlessly from exterior windows to interior guardrails and atrium openings.

Materials

  • stucco
  • colored-glass
  • aluminum-frames
  • concrete

Visual identifiers

  • colored-glass
  • arched-windows
  • circular-building
  • atrium

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • playful
  • colorful

Visual tags

  • educational
  • playful
  • daylight-control
  • atrium
  • institutional
Geometry
Cylindrical massing featuring symmetrical arched window openings with multicolored glazed tops and a central arched entrance portal.
Facade system
Stucco over curved walls with punched arched windows and colored glass transoms.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with curved shear walls.
Spatial scale
Three-story institutional building scaled for children, with large overarching circular volumes.
Lighting
Even daylight outside under an overcast sky; vibrant colored light cast inward through tinted transom windows.
Atmosphere
Joyful and luminous, activated by shifting spectrums of colored daylight.
Environmental context
Open site with paved courtyard and adjacent children's playground equipment.
Spatial experience
The exterior presents a playful castle-like fortress that opens internally into a luminous multi-story atrium flooded with colored light.
Composition rhythm
Repeating arched rhythm around the cylindrical perimeter.
Style reading
Playful contemporary institutional architecture
Program
Kindergarten / Educational facility
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
stucco, colored-glass, aluminum-frames, concrete
Visual identifiers
colored-glass, arched-windows, circular-building, atrium
Style tags
contemporary, playful, colorful
Visual tags
educational, playful, daylight-control, atrium, institutional
Geometry
Cylindrical massing featuring symmetrical arched window openings with multicolored glazed tops and a central arched entrance portal.
Facade system
Stucco over curved walls with punched arched windows and colored glass transoms.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with curved shear walls.
Spatial scale
Three-story institutional building scaled for children, with large overarching circular volumes.
Lighting
Even daylight outside under an overcast sky; vibrant colored light cast inward through tinted transom windows.
Atmosphere
Joyful and luminous, activated by shifting spectrums of colored daylight.
Environmental context
Open site with paved courtyard and adjacent children's playground equipment.
Spatial experience
The exterior presents a playful castle-like fortress that opens internally into a luminous multi-story atrium flooded with colored light.
Composition rhythm
Repeating arched rhythm around the cylindrical perimeter.
Style reading
Playful contemporary institutional architecture
Program
Kindergarten / Educational facility
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior facade and multi-level interior atrium of a colorful circular kindergarten by SAKO Architects.

图片2_天水万花筒

北京

A kindergarten architecture precedent demonstrating how colored glass arches and a central atrium transform a circular mass into an immersive, light-filled learning environment.

What we like about this project
The consistent arched motif translates seamlessly from exterior windows to interior guardrails and atrium openings.

Materials

  • stucco
  • colored-glass
  • aluminum-frames
  • concrete

Visual identifiers

  • colored-glass
  • arched-windows
  • circular-building
  • atrium

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • playful
  • colorful

Visual tags

  • educational
  • playful
  • daylight-control
  • atrium
  • institutional
Geometry
Cylindrical massing featuring symmetrical arched window openings with multicolored glazed tops and a central arched entrance portal.
Facade system
Stucco over curved walls with punched arched windows and colored glass transoms.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with curved shear walls.
Spatial scale
Three-story institutional building scaled for children, with large overarching circular volumes.
Lighting
Even daylight outside under an overcast sky; vibrant colored light cast inward through tinted transom windows.
Atmosphere
Joyful and luminous, activated by shifting spectrums of colored daylight.
Environmental context
Open site with paved courtyard and adjacent children's playground equipment.
Spatial experience
The exterior presents a playful castle-like fortress that opens internally into a luminous multi-story atrium flooded with colored light.
Composition rhythm
Repeating arched rhythm around the cylindrical perimeter.
Style reading
Playful contemporary institutional architecture
Program
Kindergarten / Educational facility
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
stucco, colored-glass, aluminum-frames, concrete
Visual identifiers
colored-glass, arched-windows, circular-building, atrium
Style tags
contemporary, playful, colorful
Visual tags
educational, playful, daylight-control, atrium, institutional
Geometry
Cylindrical massing featuring symmetrical arched window openings with multicolored glazed tops and a central arched entrance portal.
Facade system
Stucco over curved walls with punched arched windows and colored glass transoms.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with curved shear walls.
Spatial scale
Three-story institutional building scaled for children, with large overarching circular volumes.
Lighting
Even daylight outside under an overcast sky; vibrant colored light cast inward through tinted transom windows.
Atmosphere
Joyful and luminous, activated by shifting spectrums of colored daylight.
Environmental context
Open site with paved courtyard and adjacent children's playground equipment.
Spatial experience
The exterior presents a playful castle-like fortress that opens internally into a luminous multi-story atrium flooded with colored light.
Composition rhythm
Repeating arched rhythm around the cylindrical perimeter.
Style reading
Playful contemporary institutional architecture
Program
Kindergarten / Educational facility
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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