Medo Brundo
The “Children Street” Concept The children' and staff premises are completely intertwined. This typological innovation mirrors a series of didactic relations. A child can see women typing on a computer, the other ones counting money, sewing linen or cooking their meal. There is a man who receives the new goods, the other one controls the heating or repair the furniture. It is the major contribution of the project - the whole spatial setup is to be understood as a specific educational device. Walking down „The Children Street“ and seeing all the professions lined up left and right – like an everyday situation in the city. An introduction to the real life.
Kindergarten
How to design a kindergarten on a too small plot? What if the plot is overshadowed by a massive ninestory block on it’s south side ? What if the plot is surrounded by the heavy traffic ? The kindergarten is initially concieved as a single-story mat building – compact, introverted, autocatalytic, with clearly defined borders. Due to the context, the mat is pushed away from the shadow and folded up towards the sun. (Diagram below) Local suburban matrix is echoed in the repetitive smallscale structure of units and patios. This chequered board of solids and voids is bent into vertical plane – gardens become terraces, corridor transforms into staircase. The outline of the building is continuous and closed, except on the west side which is „stripped“ and treated like a glazed section to interact socially with a frequent neighbourhood path. An hommage to the american artist Dan Graham („An Alteration of the Suburban House“, 1978)
Architects: Structure: Services: Location: Project Size: Site Size: Costs/m2 Client: Contractor: Project Year: Photos:
njiric+ arhitekti d.o.o. Hrvoje Njiric Davor Busnja G&F - Eugen Gajsak, Zagreb SM Inzenjering - Slavko Mamic, Zagreb HIT Projekt - Slavko Simunovic, Zagreb ELAG - Zvonimir Gajsak, Zagreb Ulica Dubrava 185, Retkovec, Zagreb, Croatia 2300 m2 4653 m2 900 €/m2 Grad Zagreb Jelacic d.o.o. 2005-2008 Architect’s files, Domagoj Blazevic