When anySCALE took on the MIKA Kids English School project, the entire project was almost complete however not to the satisfaction of the board members. Therefore the requirement was for anySCALE to change the project’s feel through modifying only the surface materials, colours and details, without changing the layout, ceiling structure or architecture.
The School accepts children from the ages of 2 to 6. Use of colour as part of the design is hugely beneficial for learning at that age, making the boring classroom space come alive with interest. Using the themes of colour, travel and planets, lead project designer Tom Chan developed the design concept of “Fruit Planet”. Tom introduced the idea of travel through the use of a special passport and stamp. Every class was a different Fruit Planet and in total there were 8 planets. Every planet adopted the colours of it’s corresponding fruit. Every child was a citizen of a Fruit Planet. All the children had badges and passports for their corresponding planet classroom. When moving up a grade, the child received another badge and passport; and he/she would graduate once all 8 had been collected. This teaching idea was entirely consistent with the design of the space, completely overturning the former teaching model. “Rainbow Bridge”- bright rainbow lines painted on the walls - created a pathway that connects the Earth to the Fruit Planets. Like a way-finder, each colour of the rainbow leads to a different classroom.
在anySCALE接手MIKA幼儿英语学校项目的设计工作时，整个项目几乎已经完成了，但结果却远没有达到董事会的预期。因此对anySCALE得到的设计需求是保持原有格局不变的前提下，透过饰面材料、色彩搭配及设计细节的处理，改变整体空间的格调与感觉。
因此，设计师通过色彩、旅游及星球这三个主题，打造了“水果星球”的设计概念。MIKA英语学校的教学对象是是2~6岁的小朋友，孩子对色彩的敏感和喜爱度是毋庸置疑的，色彩缤纷的教学环境也提升了教学的趣味性，把看似无聊的课室空间变得活泼生动。设计师将旅游概念的巧妙的引入到空间设计及教学活动中，每个班级的学生都来自一个用水果命名的星球，并拥有属于自己星球的专属水果色。每个星球的小朋友还拥有属于这个星球公民特有的护照及徽章，随着年级的增长，小朋友也会获得越来越多的护照和徽章，等到他们将八个水果星球的护照和徽章收集完整，就可以顺利毕业了。空间墙面上绘制的一座“彩虹桥”，不仅将公区与课室之间进行了巧妙的连接与导引，也象征了从地球通往水果星球的途径。教学理念与空间设计理念完美结合，融为一体，完全颠覆了原有传统的教学模式。
