A prefabricated beginning
In the 1980s, a kindergarten was already built on the property, in the style of a prefabricated building, surrounded by multi-storey office and residential estates. But the poor condition of the prefabricated building and the increasing demand for kindergartens encouraged the municipality to build a new, larger and sustainable home for the youngest, in the same place.
The architects Csaba Nagy and Károly Pólus, from ARCHIKON team, designed a compact white building, close to the street from where the entry of the kindergarten is accessible. The large garden at the calm side of the plot — as in the previous building — remains free for playing.
The 16 rooms for 25 children are spread over two floors and all the eight groups on the ground floor have direct access to the garden. For the other eight groups on the upper floor, there is a shady roof terrace with circular, rectangular and triangular shaped incisions, recalling an intellectual toy box for children. The coloring of the house is moderate, limited to the white of the exterior plaster and the sun-yellow of the interior. The administrative areas, the salt therapy room, the high climbing room and the dining room are located facing the street.
