Letter from Estonia
Architect: Head Arhitektid - Indrek Peil and Siiri Vallner
Project: Lotte Kindergarten, Tartu
Client: Department of Education in Tartu
The floor plan to this public daycare centre resembles a flower with six petals, which form the wings of the building. This configuration, designed by Indrek Peil and Siiri Vallner, creates the effect of having the interior spaces radiate out, while allowing for the creation of intimate courtyards in between. The absence of surrounding views in the landscape accounts for the building's inward looking character, and as a result, concrete side walls with small coloured glass openings and a bamboo fence at the height of the structure, offer protection from the outside world. A roof-lit hall and a surrounding play corridor - which suggests a continuous landscape of hills, valleys and streams - feature at the centre of the building. The whole geometric structure is based upon the proportion and scale of a child.
Project: Lotte Kindergarten, Tartu
Client: Department of Education in Tartu
The floor plan to this public daycare centre resembles a flower with six petals, which form the wings of the building. This configuration, designed by Indrek Peil and Siiri Vallner, creates the effect of having the interior spaces radiate out, while allowing for the creation of intimate courtyards in between. The absence of surrounding views in the landscape accounts for the building's inward looking character, and as a result, concrete side walls with small coloured glass openings and a bamboo fence at the height of the structure, offer protection from the outside world. A roof-lit hall and a surrounding play corridor - which suggests a continuous landscape of hills, valleys and streams - feature at the centre of the building. The whole geometric structure is based upon the proportion and scale of a child.
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