‘Hide and Seek’

The design of this project provides spaces of privacy and security while creating forms that aim to evoke childhood play and togetherness. Pyramidal structures create gathering spaces while smaller, modular bedroom spaces allow for peace and solitude. This provides each child with a comfortable space to perform, play and rest while they are encouraged to express themselves and adapt the spaces to their own needs.

The interaction between buildings is a key element, provoking exploration throughout the site, exploring the ‘negative space’ in between structures and the surrounding landscape. Each individual building has a relationship with another, aiding in telling the story of its function and atmosphere. This is expressed as the abstraction of a game of ‘hide and seek’. The buildings evolve, with the landscape, from large public pyramidal structures, into more intimate bedroom spaces: finally reaching the river at the retreat pavilion, concealed within the tree canopy, allowing users to immerse themselves in nature.