Kindergarten Jenštejn

The kindergarten was designed as a single-story building, with an L-shaped floor plan and with the orientation of the terraces of the play areas facing the adjacent garden. The design respects the investor's requirement for a capacity of two classrooms accommodating a total of 48 children. Individual classrooms are connected to a shared entrance, but the solution allows for later separation and independent operation of both wings of the building. For the children's meals, a kitchen (the meals are delivered) is designated, shared by both sections of the kindergarten, with serving into individual classrooms. A separate zone is the background for the school principal and teachers. The external division of the building consists of two interlocked masses, representing the functional spheres of the playrooms and the building’s facilities. The first, a massive structure with a traditional appearance, in light-colored plaster, containing the technical facilities, rises diagonally from the ground and surpasses the second mass, which contains both playrooms, in the form of a shed roof. The mass of the playrooms is slightly recessed under the overhang of the shed roof. This solution achieves an overall lightness of the building and introduces an element of playfulness, which is further supported by the installation of diagonally shaped French windows in the façade, with opening sections allowing direct contact with the outside garden and direct access to the deck terrace along both playrooms. Through the division of window openings and paneling on the façade, the building fosters children's imagination. However, with its colorful and artistic division, it does not aim to conform to or impose upon children's perception and understanding of the world in any way.