Out & About: Bohinj Kindergarten

Bohinjska Bistrica Kindergarten is a community-driven project fostering education in environmental harmony. Strategically positioned, it promotes engagement and
strengthens the connection with nature. Tradition-based sustainable construction establishes a caring environment for children and the local community. Architects and Local community invite you to the guided tour and playful visit of the Bohinj Kindergarten.

Bohinj Kindergarten by ARREA architecture & KAL-A

The construction takes the local Slovenian tradition of timber construction as an example with the “kozolec” (drying rack) and the traditional farmhouse as its most representative structures. In all buildings the same strategy is followed: three main longitudinal glue laminated wood (GLT) beams that collaborate with a secondary wooden structural half-lapped framing sections to support the high-quality aluminum roof sheets. All stands over reinforced concrete cores that arise from a common slab. The façade has been treated with an exterior insulation and finish system (EFICS) highly improving its energy efficiency. The wood cladding in untreated larch wood will naturally provide high resistance to decay and a patina that will match the building with the surrounding structures in the future.
The core organizational element of the interior space is based on the traditional Slovenian “gank”(wooden balcony). This space acts as the backbone of the entire project, functionally and structurally. This versatile circulation system links the kindergarten spaces together and allows for different configuration, maintaining simultaneous and flexible use.

Guided tours: 18 May / 16:00 CET

Meeting point:
Ajdovska cesta 19A
4264 Bohinjska Bistrica

◾In collaboration with Ana Jerman (architect), Janja Šušnjar (architect), Mojca Rozman (headmaster of the Primary School and Kindergarten Dr. Janez Mencinger Bohinjska Bistrica), Tanja Smukavec (head of the Kindergarten)

Language: Slovene

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Out & About 2024

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