Medo Brundo Kindergarten - Zagreb, Retkovec by njiric+ arhitekti d.o.o.
Layout studies for Project Presentation at ARCHIP with Osamu.
Folded Mat Interior is organized as a sequence of spaces linked with „The Children Street“. It’s meandering character and a multitude of in-between spaces, supported by the intensive transparency and colour coding, attempt to create a scenery of a true „urban“ experience for the child. 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.
Multi level structure with second and third floor balconies
Ground Floor plan
South Elevation
Interaction between chidren and working life made posibly by glass dividers and mixed program.
Medo Brundo Kindergarten - Zagreb, Retkovec by njiric+ arhitekti d.o.o. How to design a kindergarten on a too small plot ? What if the plot is overshadowed by a massive nine-story 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.
Local suburban matrix is echoed in the repetitive small-scale 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).
Children Street
Folded Mat
Interior is organized as a sequence of spaces linked with „The Children Street“. It’s meandering character and a multitude of inbetween spaces, supported by the intensive transparency and colour coding, attempt to create a scenery of a true „urban“ experience for the child. introduction to the real life.
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.
Multi level structure with second and third floor balconies
Interaction between chidren and working life made posibly by glass dividers and mixed program.
Medo Brundo Kindergarten - Zagreb, Retkovec njiric+ arhitekti d.o.o. Local suburban matrix is echoed in the repetitive small-scale 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).
Children Street Interior is organized as a sequence of spaces linked with „The Children Street“. It’s meandering character and a multitude of in-between spaces, supported by the intensive transparency and colour coding, attempt to create a scenery of a true „urban“ experience for the child. introduction to the real life. Interaction between chidren and working life made posibly by
Children street combine with folded mat
Large glass windows let children expereince surrounding environment safely.
Folded Mat 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.
glass dividers and mixed program.
Medo Brundo Kindergarten - Zagreb, Retkovec njiric+ arhitekti d.o.o.
Children Street Interior is organized as a sequence of spaces linked with „The Children Street“. It’s meandering character and a multitude of in-between spaces, supported by the intensive transparency and colour coding, attempt to create a scenery of a true „urban“ experience for the child. introduction to the real life.
Interaction between chidren and working life made posibly by glass dividers and mixed program.
Folded Mat 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.