Kadawittfeldarchitektur
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
Situated on the periphery of the site of green meadows and felds, the first impression of the construction site provided the idea for the sculptural facade by way of an elevated grass turf.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
The fat roofed two-story cubic building optimally distributes the functions of a kindergarten. On the ground foor, one fnds the space for the kindergarten groups – with direct access to the garden. The crèche is accommodated in the protected upper story. In the crèche, an expandable third space has been made possible through a planned reallocation of the space.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
The core of the building is a multi-functional hall – a communicative center for children and caretakers, used as a junction for various functions: a space for shared activities and an alternative space for bad-weather activities.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
Coloring
The space of the kindergarten, over the course of time, will be filled with colorful children’s things, furnishings, materials and first works. Thus, we consciously reduced the color spectrum to the single tone variation of ‘green grass.’
The multi-functional space unfolds itself in the building interior. Various shades of green take up the grass theme to define the individual areas.The space of the kindergarten, over the course of time, will be filled with colorful children’s things, furnishings, materials and first works. Thus, we consciously reduced the color spectrum to the single tone variation of ‘green grass.’
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
The group rooms are lined up along the south side with direct access to the terrace and garden. The group rooms are comprised of two units – each with a wardrobe, sanitation area, and a storage space located in between the hall and the group areas. To the east are additional rooms such as the personnel area, administration, quiet room and mess hall.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
Color Concept
As the kindergarten is the first station of education, we have chosen green as the ‘color of life, youth, and spring.’
The psychological workings of the color green play an important role: Green is a color that calms and harmonizes. Green enhances qualities such as helpfulness, endurance, tolerance, and contentedness. In color therapy, green is viewed as a neutral healing color that balances without causing bodily pain or counter-reactions. It creates a space for gathering energy and promotes regeneration. In earlier times, the color was one of the most favored for living rooms and salons. Blackboards in schools are green because the color is easy on the eyes and serves as a contrast to other colors, allowing one thus to better concentrate on the essentials. Green conveys the notion of freshness and youth, but also immaturity. It’s not for nothing that the root of the word ‘green’ lies in the old Dutch word “groen,” meaning grow and flourish.
Green as the stage of childish curiosity: CAN YOU HEAR THE GRASS GROW?! Children learn by playing – and when they can do this in a relaxed atmosphere, quiet and fully concentrated, we lay the foundation for every form of learning later in life, for the concentration that is so essential.As the kindergarten is the first station of education, we have chosen green as the ‘color of life, youth, and spring.’
The psychological workings of the color green play an important role: Green is a color that calms and harmonizes. Green enhances qualities such as helpfulness, endurance, tolerance, and contentedness. In color therapy, green is viewed as a neutral healing color that balances without causing bodily pain or counter-reactions. It creates a space for gathering energy and promotes regeneration. In earlier times, the color was one of the most favored for living rooms and salons. Blackboards in schools are green because the color is easy on the eyes and serves as a contrast to other colors, allowing one thus to better concentrate on the essentials. Green conveys the notion of freshness and youth, but also immaturity. It’s not for nothing that the root of the word ‘green’ lies in the old Dutch word “groen,” meaning grow and flourish.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
Light + Nature
The floor-to-ceiling glassed-in ground floor invites nature straight into the building by lighting up the group rooms with plenty of sunlight; whereas the window openings of the upper level behind the ornamental facade create a completely different lighting and provide the youngest users of the crèche with an atmosphere of nurturing shelter.
The floor-to-ceiling glassed-in ground floor invites nature straight into the building by lighting up the group rooms with plenty of sunlight; whereas the window openings of the upper level behind the ornamental facade create a completely different lighting and provide the youngest users of the crèche with an atmosphere of nurturing shelter.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg |
Approval
The feedback thus far from the educators and the community itself has been extremely positive. Since the handover at the end of March, the kindergarten has been used by the children and the hall, including the large free-standing staircase, has been played on extensively – proving that the natural rubber foor covering serves its purpose well. Those who were initially skeptical and critical of the choice of color are now enthusiastic supporters of it, even the municipal director.
Next to the illustrated cardboard house, there are many further illustrative works of how the architectural structure of the house is played with.
The feedback thus far from the educators and the community itself has been extremely positive. Since the handover at the end of March, the kindergarten has been used by the children and the hall, including the large free-standing staircase, has been played on extensively – proving that the natural rubber foor covering serves its purpose well. Those who were initially skeptical and critical of the choice of color are now enthusiastic supporters of it, even the municipal director.
Next to the illustrated cardboard house, there are many further illustrative works of how the architectural structure of the house is played with.
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| site plan--drawing © Courtesy of Kadawittfeldarchitektur |
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| ground floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of Kadawittfeldarchitektur |
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| second floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of Kadawittfeldarchitektur |
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| elevation 01--drawing © Courtesy of Kadawittfeldarchitektur |
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| elevation 02--drawing © Courtesy of Kadawittfeldarchitektur |
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| elevation 03--drawing © Courtesy of Kadawittfeldarchitektur |
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| section 01--drawing © Courtesy of Kadawittfeldarchitektur |
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| section 02--drawing © Courtesy of Kadawittfeldarchitektur |
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| section 03--drawing © Courtesy of Kadawittfeldarchitektur |
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| section 04--drawing © Courtesy of Kadawittfeldarchitektur |
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| wall detail--drawing © Courtesy of Kadawittfeldarchitektur |
Project Data
Location: Sighartstein, Land Salzburg, Austria
Square Footage: net floor area: 8950 ft² (830 m²)
effective area: 6890 ft² (640 m² )
gross floor area: 10760 ft² (1000m²)
volume: 129250 ft³ (3.660 m³)
Construction Cost: 149 $/ ft² (overall cost 1.6 Million $)
Other: Public competition 2003, 1st prize
Building Performance: The building respects various citeria of sustainability.
It combines two forms of use in one building and, with its two-story organization, creates a very compact building shell. The construction form and building shell rely upon tried and true systems w
Year Built: 2009
The people
OWNER: Township ‘Neumarkt am Wallersee&
ARCHITECT: Kadawittfeldarchitektur
Project Manager: Kerstin Tulke
Deputy Project Manager: Arnd Schuele
Visualization: Sascha Thomas
Competition: Oliver Venghaus, Sebastian Streckel
effective area: 6890 ft² (640 m² )
gross floor area: 10760 ft² (1000m²)
volume: 129250 ft³ (3.660 m³)
Construction Cost: 149 $/ ft² (overall cost 1.6 Million $)
Other: Public competition 2003, 1st prize
Building Performance: The building respects various citeria of sustainability.
It combines two forms of use in one building and, with its two-story organization, creates a very compact building shell. The construction form and building shell rely upon tried and true systems w
Year Built: 2009
The people
OWNER: Township ‘Neumarkt am Wallersee&
ARCHITECT: Kadawittfeldarchitektur
Project Manager: Kerstin Tulke
Deputy Project Manager: Arnd Schuele
Visualization: Sascha Thomas
Competition: Oliver Venghaus, Sebastian Streckel
ENGINEERS:
Structural: Anton Stipschik
Building Physics: Reiner Rothbacher
Electrical: Friedrich Müller-Uri Ges.m.b.H
Mechanical: Axel Burggraf GmbH
CONSULTANT:
Landscape: Club L94 LandschaftsArchitekten
Contractor: EBSTER BAU-GESELLSCHAFT MBH
Photographer: ANGELO KAUNAT
Note>>Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.
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