colorful staircase with kids
Kaleidoscope in Tianshui
building in the evening
Kaleidoscope in Tianshui
kids playing in front of colorful windows
Kaleidoscope in Tianshui
building with colorful windows
Kaleidoscope in Tianshui
reflections from colorful windows
Kaleidoscope in Tianshui
colorful staircase with kids
building in the evening
kids playing in front of colorful windows
building with colorful windows
reflections from colorful windows
Location:  Tianshui, Gansu Province, China
Completion year:  2020
Architect:         SAKO Architects
Glass Laminator/Supplier:  Shanxi Jingfeng Glass Co., LTD
Featured products: Vanceva™ Colors: 0015, 4445, 0244, 0268, 0125, 1558, 0448, 0126, 2224
Photo credit:  © CreatAR Images​

SAKO Architects recreated a magical child’s toy when they designed Kaleidoscope, a kindergarten in Tianshui, Gansu Province, China. Its squat shape and all-white exterior create the perfect backdrop for rows of colorful glass.

Ten vibrant Vanceva™ color PVB interlayers were fabricated into laminated glass by Shanxi Jingfeng Glass Co., Ltd., for repetitive use in arches above doors and windows as well as inside on the handrails of corridors and stairs.

When sunlight shines into the school’s atrium onto the central stairway, it forms colorful shadows of varying shapes. These free-flowing rainbows overlap to create a beautiful kaleidoscope effect that rotates with the sun’s movement throughout the day. At night, interior lighting turns the building into a breathtaking piece of art. 

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Vanceva™ Colors

The Vanceva colors interlayer system enhances the style of laminated safety glass like never before—combining color and white interlayers to produce more than 69,000 transparent, translucent, or solid colored glass combinations - creating just the right look and ambience.  In fact, no other PVB interlayer system offers the ability to achieve the range of colors and varied translucency in glass that Vanceva does.