Kaohsiung American School Covered Court "Little Wings"

2026

Architecture

Interior Design

Architecture

Interior Design

Kaohsiung American School Covered Court "Little Wings"

2026

Architecture

Interior Design

The court's long translucent canopy seen across a grass field, a child seated in the foreground beneath towering clouds.

Little Wings is the winning proposal for the new Multi-Purpose Covered Court and Annex Building at Kaohsiung American School.

The project is designed as more than a sports facility. It creates a new center for daily campus life, bringing together athletics, learning, gathering, performance, and community events within one flexible environment. The covered court and annex building form two wings around a central campus agora, creating a welcoming shared space where students can meet, watch games, study, participate in events, and spend time together throughout the school day.

Responding to Kaohsiung’s climate, the design emphasizes shade, natural light, airflow, and openness. Its aspiration is to strengthen the connection between students, teachers, families, and the wider KAS community, while creating a place that students will use every day and remember long after graduation.

Location

Kaohsiung

Typology

Education

Status

In Progress

Client

Kaohsiung American School

Collaborative Team

AS Studio Structure Engineering Consultant

Art Lights Design Consultant

C.J. Chen Mechanical & Electrical Engineers

VisionX / Zhen Tong

Aerial view at dusk of the covered court and school buildings, with the sports field, city and wooded hills beyond.
Side elevation from the playing field: a low white translucent volume over an open colonnade, students on the grass.
Shaded ground level beneath the court, with white stairs, tables and students gathering in afternoon light.
Coloured line drawing of the scheme: a row of pitched-roof pavilions raised on columns among trees and figures.
Corner view of the translucent facade with an external stair, the upper volume lifted above an open ground level.
Inside the covered court: a timber roof on white columns, translucent walls on all sides, students playing basketball.
Naturally lit classroom with timber floor and ceiling, rows of wooden desks, and a translucent wall along one side.
Evening recital on the open ground level, an audience seated around a grand piano beneath the illuminated white stair.
The court at night from a spectator balcony, lit from within, a game in play and viewers along the mesh railing.
Aerial view at dusk of the covered court and school buildings, with the sports field, city and wooded hills beyond.
Side elevation from the playing field: a low white translucent volume over an open colonnade, students on the grass.
Shaded ground level beneath the court, with white stairs, tables and students gathering in afternoon light.
Coloured line drawing of the scheme: a row of pitched-roof pavilions raised on columns among trees and figures.
Corner view of the translucent facade with an external stair, the upper volume lifted above an open ground level.
Inside the covered court: a timber roof on white columns, translucent walls on all sides, students playing basketball.
Naturally lit classroom with timber floor and ceiling, rows of wooden desks, and a translucent wall along one side.
Evening recital on the open ground level, an audience seated around a grand piano beneath the illuminated white stair.
The court at night from a spectator balcony, lit from within, a game in play and viewers along the mesh railing.

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