Kaohsiung Compulsory Education Counseling Group｜Co-Hub @KRAGCE

“Teaching is an art, and the teacher is the creator of this art.”

－Edward Lee Thorndike

The Kaohsiung Compulsory Education Counseling Group plays a pivotal role in citywide curriculum development, instructional guidance, and pedagogical research—responsible for advancing education policy, strengthening teacher professionalism, and promoting student learning. However, the existing training spaces (housed within Kaohsiung Municipal Xin-Zhuang Elementary School) and related hardware have fallen behind contemporary needs. To address this gap, the design team adopted three key strategies—enhancing visual signage, reorganizing the entrance and circulation, and creating multifunctional training spaces—to establish a clear spatial guidance system linking the entrance, interior route, and training rooms. This approach enables visiting teachers to easily locate their destinations, enhances spatial adaptability, and fosters a comfortable, efficient environment that stimulates professional learning and creative exchange.

Enhancing Visual Signage

Drawing from the Group’s orange-toned logo, the palette adopts orange, gray, and white as the core visual identity to unify and reinforce the overall spatial impression.

Reorganizing the Entrance and Circulation

Beginning at the main building entrance, circulation is redefined, and clutter—exposed pipes, bulletin boards, recycling bins, lighting components, and outdated signage—is reorganized. A frosted metallic aluminum-composite screen delineates the path between the public restroom and the corridor leading to the training rooms. At the turn past the entrance, a low wall integrated with recycling bins both conceals their visual bulk and intuitively guides circulation. Along the main corridor, acrylic bulletin panels are neatly aligned, while expanded metal mesh and linear lighting overhead create a bright, transparent visual rhythm. Approaching the stairwell, a column-mounted floor directory ensures clear navigation, with interchangeable acrylic panels allowing flexible updates according to training needs.

Creating a Multifunctional Training Environment

At the front of the classroom, tall sliding cabinets integrate painted-glass writing panels; when closed, they form a full-width writable wall, and when opened, they reveal a television, equipment rack, and well-organized teaching supplies. The rear seating area is elevated to improve sightlines for participants, and when the room configuration changes, this platform transforms into a raised stage. In the central zone, operable partition doors allow the room to be divided into two independent spaces, supporting both large-scale workshops and small-group training. Throughout the interior, wood-fiber acoustic panels are applied to movable partitions, ceiling baffles, window frames, and sliding cabinet fronts to reduce external noise and reverberation. Along the exterior corridor, small counters integrated into wood-framed windows provide places for teachers to converse and exchange ideas during breaks.