Community Co-Build Garden | Metrostudio + Taiziwan School

In 6 months, 5 events and 100+ participants, metrostudio has completed the design and construction of an Edible Garden on campus based on a low cost, low operation and shared strategy using the Kids + Designers model. Through the process of building together, we hope to inspire children to identify with the campus and the sense of achievement of their work, touching the heart with beautiful feelings, which is the greatest meaning of our participation in community building.

This project is a result of metrostudio's participation in the Shenzhen "Small & Smart Design" competition organised by the Urban Administration and Law Enforcement Bureau of Nanshan Distinct. We worked with Taiziwan School, Shenzhen Green Found Association, The Nature Conservancy and Shekou Community Foundation. This was an open design-build project, which involved the transformation of the school's derelict space through the participation of multiple parties and design coordination.

Our design is dedicated to preserving the natural wildness in this small precious land, providing a pro-nature campus environment for students, and realizing the coexistence of urban orderly landscape and natural wild landscape

We integrated children's nature education into the community co-build garden. From August to November 2021, metrostudio worked with students, teachers, and parents to design and build Edible Garden. Through the nature classroom series, the students completed the whole process of plant awareness, garden design, plant species learning, team organization and collaboration, and garden construction. The edible garden became their connection to nature and to each other.