7The Shire'The Shire' kindergarten is a green island for round about one hundred kids in the centre of big city jungle. Between high rising buildings 'The Shire' blends into the green stripe and connects the park with the parking area. It is named by the affinity to 'Hobbits' homeland.
0Form follows climatEnergy-saving ecological kindergarten for 100 children, inscribed in the urban environment. The main structure is made of wooden hemispheres. The connecting elements of the stairs, corridors are designed from reinforced concrete.
3CEYLON INSTITUTE OF DESIGNWhether designed to embrace or enclose, every building exists within unique cultural and environmental conditions. Specifically designed to address a range of natural elements, Geoffrey Bawa's tropical mordernism focuses on issues of integration of building with landscape and people, climate and carbon footprint by utilizing modernist ideas. Made to reorgani
22Editor's ChoiceKawa Kawa Garden, the forest kindergartenLearning and playing outside, promotes creativity, collaboration but also kids learn how to trust themselves and be careful. They realize that they can be wet and dirty and survive, the eliminate fears and subconsciously, they see risk part of their play and learning. Risk helps their brains develop ad mature faster. There is a whole forest to explore.
13Editor's ChoiceSUPERGARTEN- Kindergarten of tomorrowProject of kindergarten designed for 150 (75 + 75) children in Wellington, New Zealand. The main goal of the design was to create a true place for growth of the human knowledge, since the beginning of life. Inspired by connectivity, nature and careness.
13Editor's ChoicePlay with KindergartenBased on the goal of promoting the active development of children's physiology, language, cognition, and emotion, the kindergarten architectural space can be transformed into a new form: the combination of "teaching aids" and "toys". This plan will encourage the kindergarten space to directly participate in all levels and directions of preschool education.
12Runner-upTranquility within the cityBrutalism is not cold, it is peace, calm and tranquil. this is a concrete kindergarten with a touch of warmth. the aim of this project is not only to fit out and equip the necessary space for learning, but also to ensure that a tranquil and protected atmosphere is created, suitable for both recreation and teaching.
3WinnerTHE CASTLE GARDENwe imagine such a scene-- Children play with the light and shadow, shuttling between indoor & outdoor. The geometric order of the continuous roof and pure thick concrete construct the sense of ritual for this kindergarten,while the variable scale and the infiltration of the yard decompose the non-daily monumentality and construct a peaceful and poetic life.
