Archetech Issue 68 2023 | Page 114

ARCHITECTURAL FOCUS
We divided the mass into several parts . A cube in which there are facilities , offices , entrances ... everything necessary for practical functioning . Individual classrooms are then connected to this , which are no longer rectangular and connect to the garden . They are free-form worlds to play with . The pagodas form the silhouette of the house and from the inside , a hiding place , an Indian teepee , a space where the light falls from triangular windows , visible wooden structures like tree branches . In the entrance atrium , there is a spider web , a play area accessible from all classrooms , a rope center right in the building . We hope it will be used and the children will swing and fly . The net is carried by tree trunks that have been thanked for their service . The atrium also serves as a community space , for singing , acting , exhibitions , and theater .
The nursery school has two faces , it holds a picture of the street , it is playful in the garden , it does not function like a traditional house here . Here it shakes , matter breaks up and space opens up for the Sun to penetrate . The main entrance is from the street , with two classrooms on the ground floor , and two upstairs . The street facade of the kindergarten is partially designed as vertical greenery , we hope that it will sweep and thicken to one day absorb the entire facade . The entrance is supposed to resemble the entrance to a mysterious temple or spaceship . The management of the technical infrastructure is partially visual , letting the child see where the water , electricity , and air flow . The colors are cheerful , they should also illuminate the surroundings .
Behind the house , there is a playground , currently unfinished , partially completed . Here , too , we wanted a green fantasy world to be created , as if from a children ’ s book .
The construction took place with pressure on finances , not everything was realized according to our ideas , but this is standard in our job .
We wanted to build an object for children that is not an institution , it is playful and will enable the development of creativity and all the beautiful specificities of the child ’ s soul . An object that will create subconscious images for children that may one day arise in adulthood to develop Something …
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