Interior Design Category - Educational & Learning
Samsung Smart School
Description
This project designs smart classrooms for underprivileged elementary schools in rural South Korea. Since 2012, Samsung has supported these schools by providing digital technology and guidance on its classroom use. Recently, the initiative expanded to include physical redesign, recognizing that spatial change can further enhance learning. Traditional South Korean classrooms follow a rigid layout—rows of desks facing the teacher—reinforcing one-way instruction. Our design challenges this frontality by softening the room’s form with rounded corners and a curtain that follows an inset loop. This curtain can divide the room for parallel activities or enclose it for shared experiences, creating flexible, multi-front spaces. The aim is to support various teaching methods: from traditional lectures to small group sessions or full-class engagement. A teacher might lecture, lead group reading and writing in divided spaces, and screen a film—all in the same morning. The design reimagines classroom architecture to reflect more adaptive, student-centered learning.
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