PLAY BURROW
2018 Tammei Elementary School
Taipei, Taiwan
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​The Chinese character 洞 (dong) means ‘burrow’, and sounds similar to 動 (dong), which means ‘movement and activity’. Children may engage in experiential learning while exploring the burrow.

The Play Burrow set includes a schoolteacher rabbit near the school gate, the small burrowed hill within the school campus, and five baby rabbits scattered around the school grounds. The schoolteacher rabbit marks the beginning of a wonderful story, and the children’s memories are enlivened by the appearance of the baby rabbits. Children can embark upon an imaginary, fun-filled journey, and the small burrowed hill that teacher rabbit built as a secret base will continue to inspire ever more exciting stories. This landscape work of art is closely intertwined and connected to its surroundings, and offers not just an area to play and relax, but also a small garden patch where students can learn to plant vegetables, fruits, shrubs and trees. The garden patch serves to educate children on plants and nature, and under the care of the teachers and students, the plants will grow and mature over time, and gradually change the school’s landscape.
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洞 ‧ 洞
2018 台北市潭美國小
「洞」，不僅可以是「地洞」，也是「動」的諧音，小朋友可以在「地洞」的作品型態中透過「動」來「動」去的遊戲，體驗並同時完成學習。
《洞‧洞》是由校門口的兔子老師、校園內的洞洞小山丘、校內周邊五隻小兔子組成。由兔子老師成為故事的起始，小兔子成為孩童心中的記憶亮點，帶領著小朋友一同想像、一同玩耍；洞洞小山丘是兔子老師建構出的秘密基地，更多故事將在此發生。地景式的作品形式與環境緊密融合，除了肩負遊憩的功能之外，亦能夠成為都市校園中的一片小小田野，練習栽種蔬果、各式植栽及樹木等的教育園藝基地，師生將在日後共同照顧這些自然的生命，使其跟著時光的流逝變得更加成熟，形成不一樣的校園風景。