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In an increasingly risk-adverse culture, what distinguishes this project is its ambition to challenge and rethink the health and safety preconceptions that surround children’s playgrounds, most obviously characterised by the ubiquitous use of ‘bouncy tarmac’.
In a country with a literacy rate of 48%, where half million people are living with HIV/Aids, and 90% of the population survive on less than $2 a day, you would think that a crèche would feature near the bottom of anyone’s wish list.
Family Box is something between an indoor playground and a kindergarten for children up to twelve years old, but it also accommodates their parents’ needs. It hosts different kinds of activities – from swimming, playing games to various classes ranging from music, dancing, crafting to cooking.
Kindergarten Ribnica is projected as a composition of two volumes connected by a glazed central space. This Slovenian nursery school building design by STUDIO 360 Architects is divided into four parts, regarding children’s age and construction phase plan.
New kindergarten, on the island of Krk in Croatia, is located on northeastern border of the town, amongst mostly touristic apartments and shopping malls.
The request from the kindergarten directors was extremely simple in content: “we want you to make a Roof House for five hundred kindergarten pupils.” We had been introduced by Kashiwa Sato, a creative director who loves the Roof House. The Roof House is a work we completed in 2001.
Kindergarten Ribnica, Slovenian nursery building design by Ofis Arhitekti: the plot of the building is a four-leaf clover from which each leaf represents one department with associated facilities.
The integrated kindergarten ‘Dragen’ sets new standards, as a sustainable and pedagogically thought-through design. All components are ‘Nordic Swan’ eco-labelled.
Tokyo Kindergarten building, Japan: the site has a nice view in north-south direction though it is in a high dense area in Tokyo. To keep its open atmosphere, I decided to set structural walls in one direction (north-south).
Cotton Candy Kindergarten Lebanon: Burj Hammud architecture design by SE.Arch: “Children must have every opportunity to engage in games and recreational activities, which must be directed towards the purposes of education; society and public authorities must strive to promote the enjoyment of this right.”
A kindergarten integrated into the landscape like a chameleon (including a crèche) for 4 groups. Genius Loci – the first impression of this place in the midst of green meadows and fields leads to the concept of the built playground.
The new kindergarten in Sesvete is one of more poetic projects in recent Croatian architecture, according to the architects Radionica arhitekture
There are no balustrades in the Roof House. The kindergarten directors said that it would be good if this kindergarten building also had no balustrades.
Paradise Park London, Architecture Islington, Building, MacKenzie Road Property Paradise Park Building IPA: Children’s Centre Holloway, north London – design by DSDHA, architects 23 Jun 2007 Paradise Park Address: 164 MacKenzie Rd, London N7 8SE Phone: 020 7697 7330 Photos © Adrian Welch, Jun 2007 Paradise Park Children’s Centre, northeast London Date built: 2006 Design: … Read more