Telefonplan, Stockholm, Sweden
Tham and Videgård Hansson Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman |
On the border between a former urban/industrial development and a small forest where new housing is being developed, this
nursery school mediates between different contexts and scales. A semi enclosed entrance courtyard constitutes a first exterior space for parents and children meeting and leaving.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman |
The organic layout encourages movement as space becomes continuous and creates both exterior and interior rooms of challenging shapes. Windows are freely placed at different heights and allow for light and views to be adapted also to the scale of children, which further the relation between the interior and the exterior
play ground and the wooded hill.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman |
Together with the client and the pedagogues’ inspiration from the
Reggio Emilia school, a new way to organize the interior was developed. The result is a rather unorthodox plan, where instead of a complete ’flat’ for each group of children, there will be a large common interior plaza where the six groups can interact around different activities, playing and learning projects. This main space is complemented with separate atelier spaces for water projects and art, as well as small secluded group rooms for rest and quiet activities.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman |
The facade panel, made of 50x50mm sawn wood, filters direct sunlight into the nursery school and create hidden windows that underscores the curved interior and exterior spaces. The building complies with the highest standards for environmentally friendly and long term sound construction.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Åke E:son Lindman |
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| model--drawing Courtesy of Tham and Videgård Hansson Architects |
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| site plan--drawing Courtesy of Tham and Videgård Hansson Architects |
The people
Architects: Tham and Videgård Hansson Architects
Location: Telefonplan, Stockholm, Sweden
Chief architects: Bolle Tham and Martin Videgård
Project architect: Eric Engström
Collaborators: Mårten Nettelbladt, Johan Björkholm, Karolina Nyström, Marcus Andrén, Julia Schönbrunn, Andreas Helgesson
Project year: 2007 – 2010
Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman
