设计学校无异于设计未来的教育。随着近年来教学渠道日渐多元化，现在的学习已不再局限于教室和图书馆，而早已演变为一种全方位的经验，需要灵活、友善、可适合不同活动形式的空间来配合。

这正是我们在为香港大学医学院的校园，设计建立一个7,000平方尺学习共用区时的理念。我们深深明白，在典型的教学环境之外，任何成功的学习环境，更必须拥有互动和交流空间那样的重要组成部分，那主导着我们的设计理念。

Designing for a school is also designing for the future of education. With the recent multiplication of teaching channels, learning now goes far beyond the classroom and the library. It has become a total experience that requires flexible, welcoming spaces adapted to all forms of engagement.

This was our ambition for the 7,000-square-foot Learning Commons on the campus of HKU’s Medical School. We wanted to offer more possibilities outside the typical teaching setting and create space for interaction and exchange, vital components of any successful learning environment.

▼项目概览，project overall view

大学校园的环境瞬息万变，但是教室、演讲厅和辅导室等空间仍然相当分隔，为的是提供特定的功能。在保留这些用途的同时，我们创建了一个宽敞、开放、没有任何视觉障碍、以生物形态多样性形式展开的空间，学生可以在那里学习、聚会和放松。生物形态的流动性启发了我们，要为未来的医生提供一个充满乐趣，而丰富多彩的学习乐园。

University campuses are changing rapidly, but spaces such as classrooms, lecture theaters, and tutorial rooms are still very much compartmentalized to serve specific functions. While preserving these essential uses, we created a large open space free from any visual barrier, where students can study, gather, meet, and relax. Inspired by the fluidity of organic forms, we imagined a learning playground, fun and colorful, for future doctors.

▼拥有广阔视野的学习空间，working with a view

这空间可以提供的不只是已规定好的功能，而是适合从安静而私人，到集体和活跃一系列不同的活动。四十张座位的桌子具备变化不一的弯曲几何形状，既方便个人学习，又适合一对一互动，或者小组讨论，所有形式都可以在七个白色灯球下写意地进行。

Rather than prescriptive functions, a spectrum of atmospheres articulates the space, from quiet and private to collective and active. The varying curved geometry of the forty-seat table accommodates individual study, one-on-one interactions, and group work under the light of seven white globes.

▼弯曲的共享桌子，the curved collaborative table

▼点亮灯光后的桌子，collaborative table with lights on