Learning Centre Exemplar Analysis
Kindergarten Terenten [Feld72]
- Located
in a Mountain Village in South Tyrol, Italy
- South
Tyrol is a border region; an area defined by the overlapping of three cultures;
this is expressed through the architecture.
- Mountainous
region – the building was designed to fit within its environment
- Building
emerges from the site – from one side it appears to be a clear building, on the
other it looks as though it is part of the landscape.
- The
scale of the building is relative to the surrounding village development and
considers the perspective of the users; children.
- The
design concept of this building “is intended to give meaning and identity to
this defined space – something special amid an everyday environment without
generating jarringly harsh contrasts”.
- Three
different buildings “houses” are on the site – connected by glazed walkways.
These buildings are different shapes and designed with the children in mind –
the different shapes help the children to get their bearings and “understand
the spatial and social organisation”.
- Aimed
at creating “differentiated spatial structures, rooms that provide as much
potential as possible to simulate children’s independent activities,
orientation, communication, social interaction and aesthetic receptiveness.
Rooms that can be flexibly used as stages for children’s activities, but also
as quiet retreats”.
- Windows
placed around the day care centre draw different views of the mountains into
the building.
- From
each classroom children can access the garden.
- Building
links nature and architecture
- Part
of a new kind of learning revolution that will inspire and encourage
“imaginative minds”.
Reflection:
I do enjoy the overall aesthetic
of this childcare facility; however, it was actually the picture of children in
the small room, with green foam pieces (seen above on the right) that attracted me to this building. I
find the use of humble spaces like this one really intriguing and imagine
they’d be really inviting for children; similar to spaces in those maze mania
type places (as shown in the photo directly above). I like the fact that the main elements to
this building include natural light and open space and the fact that the
building has quite clearly been designed in response to the surrounds; not to
blend in but to work in cohesion with the surrounding architecture and with the
mountain it is located on.
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