The
design is based on the idea of creating a triumvirate of childcare and
children’s educational facilities in this leafy oasis, consisting of the new
building, the existing building, and the primary school planned in future. The
aim is to preserve the buildings – the primary school, kindergarten (already
exists), and nursery school (new building) – as independent volumes. A spacious
playground remains between these stand-alone buildings,
providing the necessary space for the children and their development.
For the new
building, this means creating and not taking up space! The beautiful, terraced,
park-like grounds alone support the idea of letting the children keep this
attractive open-air area in future too. The new building will therefore be
designed as a modest solitary structure of minimal volume and positioned in the
north-eastern section of the site. On the one hand, this will allow the
shortest possible access, while also creating a protected, small, contiguous
outdoor area towards the south – flanked by the listed old building and the new
building – that respects the qualities of the local conditions. In addition,
the south-east façade of the existing building will still be fully visible. Old
and new exist happily alongside each other without any rivalry.