這是我們完成的第一個公共工程競圖。學校基地位於台灣南方偏鄉，緊鄰台灣海峽，起伏的地景折板始於對東面中央山脈稜線的回應。不同傾角的牆板，成為孩子攀爬的挑戰——是山丘、是階梯、也是遊具，延綿成一抹阻擋東北落山風的合院建築，圍塑出面向大海的教學與鄰里活動廣場，也隱化成「鯨魚」想像的小學校。

回應海洋的藍灰色天花板下，活動走廊的垂直水泥板牆阻擋了季風及西曬；其上的圓形鑿孔是海洋氣泡的意象隱喻，也成為與光影捉迷藏的遊戲場域。開口撒落下凝視家鄉的設計期待，讓孩子重新望見村落廟宇的屋頂，以及落山風吹下時山巒舞動的窗景。

戶外階梯的動線體驗是探望海洋的詩意路徑與停留，當視線與活動緩緩爬升越過了水泥堤防的高度限制，登上被設定做為村民海嘯避難的屋頂平台，孩子重新覺知感受海潮拍打的節奏，家鄉季風的吹拂以及南國的日照，開啟海洋學校的視野與想像。

This is our first built public competition project. The school is in the countryside of Southern Taiwan, along the coast of the Taiwan Strait. The uneven and faceted landscape design is a dialogue with the ridge of the Central Mountain Range to the East. The angled hardscape encourages children to interact with it, as a hill, a staircase, and as a playground, which extends into a courtyard that serves as a windbreak against wind from the northeastern. It also frames the view towards the ocean for the classrooms and the public plaza, which metaphorically turns into a “Whale” imagery.

Underneath the ocean-color ceiling, there are vertical concrete walls in the hallway to obstruct monsoon and harsh western sunlight. The punctures on the walls resemble the bubbles in the ocean and help set up a hide-and-seek playground for the children in the shade. The openings are designed with the intent to let the local townscape to shine through. They allow the children to regain views on the rooflines of nearby villages and temples, as well as the vivid scenery when the downhill wind soars through the mountains.

The outdoor circulation creates a poetic experience of sightseeing along the pathway. When one’s eyesight and movements rise above the levee and reach over to the rooftop, which also serves as an emergency high ground during tsunamis, one can start hearing the rhythm created from the tidal waves, sensing the breeze from the seasonal wind, feeling the sunlight from the South of the country, and ultimately, embracing the vision and imagination of the seaside campus.