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The Outdoor Classroom by Studio Infinity.
Proficiency and play Outdoors Classroom, Pune, Maharashtra The Outdoors Classroom by Studio Infinity is designed for the youngest demographic of the society with equal emphasis on playing and schooling. Designed to accommodate activity and engagement based learning ethos, the project’s treatment of spatial qualities and aesthetics is a harmonious amalgam of inside-outside, colour and neutrals, play and learn; illustrating that that the qualities can co-exist and complement one another. Text: Shriti Das Images: Atul Kanetkar Drawings: Studio Infinity
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layschools or pre-primary schools have long evolved from boxed rooms to spaces that are designed for education, activity and engagement. Learning is no longer confined to curriculums nor contained in classrooms. Moreover, curriculums and classrooms are only a component to education. It is nature, built environments, tangible and intangible occurrences that shape young minds. Playschools should ideally tread a fine balance Indian Architect & Builder - April 2020
between ‘play’ and ‘school’ wherein neither take precedence over the other. However, over the years, a textbook style of playschool aesthetic has emerged. It is largely derived from bright colours, bold graphics and shrunken proportions; to the effect of a fairy-tale or a fictional fantasy world. These visuals surely appeal to children and often deviating from this conventional manner of design may seem futile.
