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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. Arslanian Kindergarten Project in Beirut, Lebanon by STUDIO ETIENNE BASMarch 1st, 2020 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: STUDIO ETIENNE BAS The Kindergarten is located as part of a local Armenian community’s school campus in the Northern suburbs of Beirut. The campus presents a rare green lung in a residential development that has developed in the area. In a city with little green space, the single floor layout of the design of the Kindergarten provides back to the city its entire footprint under the form of a green roof that blends with its surroundings.  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya
 Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya The green roof as well as the courtyards of the project become the quintessential design element around which the project revolves. The project’s design aims at blurring the boundary of the classrooms with the outdoor green space at a micro scale, and acting as a green lung for the community at a macro scale. The central courtyards are the main drop-off – playground or plantation areas. They provide through the open accessible spaces, outdoor extensions of the project as well as natural sunlight to the different classrooms around it. Access to the project is through the first drop-off courtyard that is characterized by a yellow canopy – the only visual link with the project from the main street –  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya A series of indoor-outdoor spatial experiences guide the different components of the project and created themed outdoor spaces, that are either classroom extensions, or gardens for the playground and dining spaces of the students. The kindergarten contains 9 main classrooms in three different volumes each of which caters to a specific age group of students, linked to the support facilities that includes an indoor playground, a canteen, and administration facilities. The building is formed entirely of a single material – concrete – that embraces the different green spaces. The canopies and details of the project are designed as light metal structures, contrasting the buried structure.  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © Wissam Chaaya  Image Courtesy © STUDIO ETIENNE BAS  Image Courtesy © STUDIO ETIENNE BAS  Image Courtesy © STUDIO ETIENNE BAS  Image Courtesy © STUDIO ETIENNE BAS
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