Architecture for learning development. Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects
26/08/2021.
[Klecany] Czech Republic
metalocus, PAULA ARIAS
metalocus, PAULA ARIAS
No Architects, a Czech architecture studio, has built the Montessori kindergarten in the town of Klecany, a city in the Prague-East district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
This building is designed following Montessori methods, generating in its interior ordered aesthetic, simple and real spaces, where each element has a reason for being in the development of children's learning.
This building is designed following Montessori methods, generating in its interior ordered aesthetic, simple and real spaces, where each element has a reason for being in the development of children's learning.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects. Photograph by Studio Flusser.
Location plan. Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects.
Ground floor plan. Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects.
Complete elevation of the project. Montessori Kindergarten by No Architects.
The Czech studio No Architects projects a winding building with the intention of creating spaces where children can develop their activities. The spaces generated with the architecture of the building itself are small corners where children can carry out the so-called real activities they face, such as cooking in a real kitchen or caring for plants in a real garden.
The form of the project is generated from the inside to the outside on a single floor, developing a project that is spacious and open, orderly, aesthetic, simple, real, where children can interact with architecture and begin to perceive the world around them.
The form of the project is generated from the inside to the outside on a single floor, developing a project that is spacious and open, orderly, aesthetic, simple, real, where children can interact with architecture and begin to perceive the world around them.
Description of project by No Architects
“The world does not belong to obedient children. The world belongs to those who know the world well enough to be able to change it.”
Colour and object abstemiousness and absence of loud toys and motives are connected to educational specifics, which are built on Montessori tools and system.
Our concept of the Kindergarten in Klecany reflects mostly one of the key elements of Montessori education: “a Montessori prepared environment”. An environment is separated into corners which offer places for so-called real activities. Based on children’s needs, they are free to cook in a real kitchen, work on a real workbench or take care of plants on a real garden. These corners are not just symbolic. They are placed into the room’s corners and project themselves from interiors to exteriors, where they create small corners in the garden. Our ambition was to prepare a segmented environment on the limited land in a way that would attract the children’s interest and help them to perceive the world and think about architecture as something new and intriguing.
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Architects
Project team
Principal architects.- Jakub Filip Novák and Daniela Baráčková. Architects.- Barbora Jelínek and Martin Hlusička.
Client
Astra Kindergarten.
Area
Built-up Area.- 182 sqm. Gross Floor Area.- 356 sqm. Usable Floor Area.- 297 sqm. Plot size.- 718 sqm.
Dates
Project year.- 2012-2018. Completion year.- 2019.
Location
Klecany, Czech Republic.
Photography
Jakub Filip Novák y Daniela Baráčková. No Architects
The No Architects studio has been built on the cooperation of an architect and a visual artist. A team of internal and external collaborators takes part in this collaboration. They can cover the whole range of specialized trades as necessary for good architecture.
They are interested in sensitive detailed solutions that reflect unique stories of every project and every client.
Daniela Baráčková and Jakub Filip Novák met during their studies in the academic senate of the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague.
Daniela Baráčková is an artist, she creates and exhibits her works. She takes part in several contemporary art exhibitions in the Czech Republic and abroad where she is known mainly for her installations, images, and video art. She is the finalist of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award.
Jakub Filip Novák is an architect specializing in construction law and a publicist. He took part in the discussion platform Versus architect and the Inventura urbanism conference. He used to work at IPR Prague, he participated in the development of the Prague Metropolitan Plan and Prague Building Regulations.
They are interested in sensitive detailed solutions that reflect unique stories of every project and every client.
Daniela Baráčková and Jakub Filip Novák met during their studies in the academic senate of the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague.
Daniela Baráčková is an artist, she creates and exhibits her works. She takes part in several contemporary art exhibitions in the Czech Republic and abroad where she is known mainly for her installations, images, and video art. She is the finalist of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award.
Jakub Filip Novák is an architect specializing in construction law and a publicist. He took part in the discussion platform Versus architect and the Inventura urbanism conference. He used to work at IPR Prague, he participated in the development of the Prague Metropolitan Plan and Prague Building Regulations.
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