Modern Keratea Kindergarten

Keratea, Greece

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Modern Keratea Kindergarten

Keratea, Greece

Firm

A&S ARCHITECTS

Type

Educational › Nursery Other

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2014

SIZE

1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

BUDGET

$1M - 5M

The New Kindergarten in Keratea is located in an area of residential growth at the southeasternnmost tip of the Attica peninsula.
The new kindergarten building is subordinated to the exterior space and skillfully designed in a form of a continuous spatial spiral which surrounds a central atrium. The atrium is the heart of the design and assures the feeling of safety and connectivity of the kindergarten's departments.
The experience of external space is graduated from the introverted central atrium and is suitable for the junior age groups and in accordance with gradual development of child's consciousness.
Two main ideas that existed at the start of the project are based on children’s special perception of the constructed environment.
The first idea has to do with scale and tries to combine the general volumetrics of the public facility with the more intimate and domestic scale that must accompany the child. The second idea fulfils the conception of the centre (atrium) as a significant experience in spatial terms, related to the children’s creative world. The proposal has to do with the sensorial relationship between children and architecture, through the use of space, light, materiality and colour.
The design also incorporates bioclimatic principles.The building is in harmony with the natural surroundings and local climate, ensuring conditions of thermal comfort inside and at the same time harnessing and using geothermal energy.