KINDERGARTEN

DESKTOP STUDY SUBEJECT ARCHITECTURAL design TOPIC KINDERGARTEN

ARCHITECTS & HIS ANALYSISArchitects COLBOC FRAZEN & ASSOCIESLocation Sevres,FranceAssociates Benjamin Colbos , Manuela Frazen, Arnaud sachet.Project year 2009Project area 2100m2

ACCORDING TO THE ARCHITECTS, THEY DESCRIBE MAISON DE LA AS : The major theme is the question of scale: the house must be on the scale of the child but also the accompanying adult and must correspond to the individual but also to the group as an major equipment, it must be across the district. Early childhood home is a place dedicated to the awakening of all children. The proposed project seeks to really play a role in this context: its materials, its colors, the various spaces and moods he moved, it can itself be a tool for awakening children. The childhood home in Lomme presented himself as a miracle box. This is also valid in terms of its appearance that its interior spaces. While inside the premises punctuate the rhythm of the lobby and common areas areas of arousal open and glazed, quiet space and contraction (rest) more intimate, from outside the building is wrapped in a skin that changes the functions it houses. The differentiation of interior spaces to read outside on the skin of the building. This effect results in a formal relationship between interior and exterior.

WHY IS TIMBER USED AS THE MAJOR COMPONENT :Narrow strips of Douglas fir provide a uniform cladding across the outer walls and roof of the structure, and were also used for the perimeter fences. "The use of a wood facade gives a unity and a natural tone to the whole building," said the architects

CONCEPT AND CONSTRUCTION.

Named Maison de la Petite Enfance, which translates as House of the Early Childhood, the single-storey complex provides preschool education facilities for 100 children up to the age of five

The House of the Early Childhood, located in Mayenne, between the city Centre and the new railway station district, is an urban building of a single level.

Named Maison de la Petite Enfance, which translates as House of the Early Childhood, the single-storey complex provides preschool education facilities for 100 children up to the age of five

Topos Architecture, whose previous projects include a larch-clad nursery in Nantes, planned the building as three zones. Classrooms and activity spaces are positioned at the rear, while staff rooms and storage facilities run along the front, and a sequence of patios and gardens are sandwiched in between. French office Topos Architecture used timber cladding and a pitched roof to give this kindergarten in Mayenne, France, a domestic appearance that the architects thought would be more welcoming to children

Overlooking the entrance of the building, the roof has a double slope that gives it the silhouette of a house - an architectural line that is also included in the typology of the surrounding urban fabric," said the architectsQUANTITATIVE ANALYSISPLAN AND LOCATION

This building is emblematic on environmental plan. It has received from Certivea, the certificate of conformity to the label for High Energy Performance. Certivea certifies that it's in accordance with the British BroadCasting level and with the requirements of the Effinergie brand.-Plan and location-sheet no. 1

SITE PLAN

This centre welcomes from now on 90 children in 1300 m2.The garden (800 m2) is an outside room really private and there are four patios that give rhythm to the common spaces.CIRCULATIONBuilding as a house, designed for the well-being of its occupants In a building designed to accommodate a hundred children, architects Topos have sought to obscure the functional requirements of local, bringing the quality of domestic spaces: a family atmosphere, relaxed and harmonious: - The use of wood in the house has a unity and a natural tone to the whole building. - Inside the door frames, windows and vents patios are made of mixed wood and aluminum. - Natural light is present everywhere. She is captured by the southwest faade mainly glazed and central part, by patios. The rooms are equipped with roof windows. Particular care has been taken in natural lighting of traffic, real guarantee of comfort and quality of these spaces which are transitions for children, real living. - Overlooking the entrance to the building, the double-slope roof gives this piece of equipment the silhouette of a house. Welcoming for families, this architectural design is also in the typology of the surrounding urban fabric. Moreover, the double-slope south side offers a well oriented for solar panels and can house attic ventilation techniques for the treatment of aiThe compact building, on one level, reduces energy losses. The exterior insulation, complete with turf roof terrace offers excellent thermal protection. The cast in place for the upper and lower concrete slabs, provides the inertia necessary for thermal comfort. It also has the advantage of structurally very good air permeability.

Summer comfort is guaranteed by natural ventilation, solar shading on windows and green roofs.

Heating systems, lighting, efficient ventilation Building systems were chosen for simplicity and energy saving: heated floors, double-flow mechanical ventilation, variable lighting according to the intensity of natural light

Vehicle circulation:

Principal and teachers circulation:Circulation -1

Childrens circulationCirculation-2QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS PLACESM*M/ROOMNO.M*MNOM*MCLASS ROOM24-32

50-664200-2548400-528GROUP ROOMS12-1836-501272-100MULTI PURPOSE ROOMS3272190172SIDE ROOMS18-36118124TEACHING EQUIPMENT ROOMS18-36118124WORK ROOM167272SIDE ROOM2424

PLACESMM/ROOMNO.MMNO.MM

CARE TEACHERS FLAT180SPORTS HALL1600OPEN AIR SPORTS FACULTYBREAK AREA WITH GYMNASTICS6001200PLAY EQUIPMENTS150300SCHOOL GARDEN150300PLAYING FIELD1 PITCH1 PITCH100M TRACK 4tLONG JUMP FACULTY3tGYMNASTIC LAWN400400 PLACESM*M/ROOMNO.M*MNOM*MGENERALTEACHING ROOM324-490592-748SPECIALIST CLASS ROOMS96SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA ROOMS6072ADMINISTRATION36102HEAD TEACHERS ROOMS12-1660COMMUNAL AREAS ROOM9292UTILITY AREA2466

WORKSPACE Distribution in three areas: spaces both open and protected For this project, Topos mobilized its expertise in the design of local childcare and imagined the organization of spaces,welcome small adult conversations in the lobby, playing in the garden, cohabitation between large and small, delivering meals, working conditions of staff, security ... The study of these scenarios resulted in a division of the building into three zones: - Spaces "children" located on the garden side, away from the noise and crowds: living rooms, activity rooms, exchange rooms, rest rooms - Public areas and patios - The servants areas, side streets- Inside the door frames, windows and vents patios are made of mixed wood and aluminumMATERIALS USED

Materials selected for their environmental quality and sustainability The architects retained healthy and environmentally friendly materials: Douglas facade, insulation made from recycled textile fibers or wood fibers, eco-labeled VOC 2 paintings, flooring natural rubber, solvent-free adhesives ... Reduced waterproofing exterior surfaces To protect the water cycle, sealed surfaces were, as far as possible, reduced: the green roof and the garden soil surface are the waterproofing coefficient of the plot below 50% of its surface

Windows face inward towards the patios and gardens, while the sloping roof is topped with a chimney-like structure that houses an attic filled with ventilation equipment

Four large multi-purpose rooms are contained within the building and can be subdivided to accommodate different activities

TYPES OF ROOMS The living rooms are large single volumes configured to allow different types of development. Each has two bedrooms and a divisible space of exchange used sound buffer with the living space and provides direct access to the protected garden.

In kids spaces noise is a common issue and thus the acoustic factor has to be take care of.The architect of maison de la enface made good efforts to render this situation.The whole structure is made by timber cladding over tough concrete on either sides like sandwich.Thus making the structure not only strong but also with sound proof surfaces.

STORAGEstorage area is between the premises and it is easily accessible.The colours used are bright and matches the children psychology.

SANITATION:In an urge of keeping children healthy the architect have payed a great attention.Often kids spill dirt around them and they must be kept clean.Thus the kindergarten is provided with enough wash basins here and there.In play ground and dressing room also.A secure and healthy bath room with colourfull paints and well furnished and also its aesthetic appeal is an added advantage

ACOUSTICS Acoustically this structure is planned well.The way in which building materials is used does not let the internal and external noises exchange .All the windows open inside the structure.Enough space between two rooms is provided.

21GAME ROOM/PLAY AREA:

It is run by a team of five people, including three teachers of young children.

A home game room is equipped with educational materials and motor to receive childminders and parental assistants accompanied the children they keepGARDEN:

This protected garden is an integral part of the project. It was designed as a true private room of 800 m2. It ensures a smooth transition with future public spaces and adjacent pedestrian routes, through a row of wooden slats slatted, 1.50 m high, identical to those facades and lined with a hedge shrubCONCLUSION In this way, the building is based on a domestic and hospitable universe: presence of wood not only outside but also inside, reception and common spaces user-friendly, roof partially built in double slope, omnipresent natural light, generous vegetation.The present kindergarten of france and designed by topos architecture is an epic and elanfull structure.Though simple but classical.Though not flushed with technologies but full of vegetation.A bit small but enough resources.

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