In a small Slovenian town close to the border with Austria kindergartens unexpectedly became too small for the increasing number of young children and the existing kindergarten infrastructure had to be quickly expanded to meet the rising demand. The original idea was to build a larger kindergarten extension next to the old one, but this was a plan for the mid-term. In the meantime the authorities resorted to an efficient solution using ISO containers, which are quick to set up and cost-efficient.
Building consisting of an architectural design of three volumes: the main part contains their classrooms on three floors, two adjacent volumes separated by a small yard containing the polyvalent room, services and administration, connected to the main body of classrooms through a joint element that contains the bathrooms and storage.
The new kindergarden is articulated as a square element of ground floor constituted of three structural walls supporting the roof of the building that faithfully reproduces the shape of the plant. The walls are placed parallel to the alignment of the main traces of the urbanization, extends beyond the perimeter of ocupation of the building, in the perpendicular direction to generate different movements to articulatie the different spaces of the program and marking the route from the entrance to the Inside, in opposition to the visuals and marking the areas inside and outside the building.
Reiulf Ramstad Architects has been involved in designing a new kindergarten for Fagerborg Congregation in central Oslo. The kindergarten offers 2 units for children between 1-3 years old and 2 units for children between 3-6 years old. Gross building area is around 1200m2.
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