{"id":14632,"date":"2025-07-22T05:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/14632\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T05:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:12:09","slug":"atelier-boter-shapes-circle-around-square-in-taiwanese-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/14632\/","title":{"rendered":"atelier boter shapes circle around square in taiwanese school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>atelier boter carves sunken circular room in Taiwanese school<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In response to the request of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/school-architecture-and-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">school<\/a> in Pingtung, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-taiwan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan<\/a>, for a space where children can slow down and reconnect with themselves, Atelier Boter introduces \u00c0 Raum, a sunken, circular room intended for stillness and introspection. Completed within a school that promotes learning through movement, the project offers a spatial pause that aims to support presence, calm, and reflection, without being a classroom or a corridor.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The design introduces a soft asymmetry, with the circular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/childrens-spaces\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">room<\/a> slightly offset to form a gentle arc that naturally guides entry. A curved curtain follows this line, turning the simple act of entering into a quiet ritual. At the center, a square platform is recessed into the floor, creating a gathering place defined by presence, where children are free to sit, lie down, or gather.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"a raum stillness in motion 1\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a-raum-stillness-in-motion-1-6874cf3dd6a30.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>images courtesy of Atelier Boter<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 Raum allows for solitude by holding space<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/atelierboter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pingtung-based<\/a> Atelier Boter surrounds this central square with deep-set window alcoves, shaped as a small personal retreat. These nooks allow for solitude without full separation so that kids can be alone while still feeling connected to the group. The interplay between the circle and square, center and edge, creates a slow, thoughtful rhythm in the space.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carbonized cork clads the walls of \u00c0 Raum, providing acoustic absorption and a warm, earthy scent. Natural light and muted tones give the space its meditative mood. Nothing is loud, and nothing insists in this room that holds space, rather than filling it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"a raum stillness in motion 4\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a-raum-stillness-in-motion-4-6874cf3dd6b27.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>the interlocking of circle and square slows the pace<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"a raum stillness in motion 7\" width=\"818\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a-raum-stillness-in-motion-7-6874cf3dd6bd9.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>a circular footprint, gently offset, creates an arc<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"a raum stillness in motion 11\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a-raum-stillness-in-motion-11-6874cf3dd6ce9.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>central space used for group activities<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"atelier boter carves sunken circular room in Taiwanese school \u00a0 In response to the request of a school&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1544,76,354,355,49,48,13158,356,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-14632","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-architecture-in-taiwan","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-ca","13":"tag-canada","14":"tag-childrens-spaces","15":"tag-design","16":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}