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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Kindergarten in La Chana, Granada by Elisa Valero RamosAugust 6th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Elisa Valero Ramos Place, program and construction determine the form of this kindergarten. The objectives are to make a functional building facing the right way, opening the classrooms and the large patio to the south, and doing so in a rapid, rational way.  Image Courtesy Fernando Alda
 Image Courtesy Fernando Alda
 Image Courtesy Fernando Alda Straightforward geometry, all on one level to facilitate access. The entire building program is resolved under a roof of three continuous strips separated by patios. The outside is enclosed in high white wall that protects the children and their play from the view and noise of the street and the nearby railroad crossing. The entryway is angled so that the exit is tangential to the street.  Image Courtesy Fernando Alda There are two entries, one for the children and parents, and the other for supplies, the service zone and kitchen. All of the classrooms for children from one to three years open onto a patio of over 600 meters which is a safe zone in case of evacutation.  Image Courtesy Fernando Alda This rational distribution is adapted to a modular structure that optimizes the use of steel, the search for light and a large playground to the south for the children. Facilitating construction, minimizing details and meeting, with a minimum number of elements, all the specific demands of the program while avoiding singularities. This was the way of establishing the building criteria, rules of construction logic that facilitated the process and minimized on-the-job errors.
 Image Courtesy Fernando Alda The program consisted of a kindergarten with seven units: 2 for 0-1 years, 2 for 1-2 years and 3 for 2-3 years, for a total of 102 children. Each unit required a classroom with its corresponding bathrooms, which could be shared by two classrooms, an administration area, a bathroom for the handicapped, a multipurpose space and a service area with a scullery, pantry, garbage room, laundry room, cleaning closet, equipment room and dressing rooms for the personnel. This is completed with a porch area at the entrance and a playground to the south, with a vegetable garden.  Image Courtesy Fernando Alda  Plan  Sections
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