Alberto Campo Baeza proposes for the Armavir nursery school a single-storey building, simple, economical and well controlled; a solution based on a 20x20 metre reticular structure with equidistant pillars of exposed concrete, under which the programme is developed.
With a simple and calm appearance showing a protective and friendly character that invites sharing and socialising, the space is recognisable by its white walls and glass enclosures, with a 250 m² program that responds to the services needed by a nursery in the area, ready to care for the little ones and their families.
Youredjian Nursery, Child and Family Center by Alberto Campo Baeza. Photograph by Javier Callejas.
Project description by Alberto Campo Baeza
SUB UMBRA ALARUM TUARUM
The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) invited us to take part in a competition for the construction of a school very close to Mount Ararat, considered to be the final resting place of Noah’s Ark. Then, having won the competition, we were entrusted with the task of designing a nursery at the entrance to the Campus.
We have taken from the book of Psalms this beautiful quote, sub umbra alarum tuarum protegenos, (under the shadow of your wings protect us), because our nursery in Armenia is a shaded place for the protection of children.
The Nursery on one floor will be simple, economical and carefully managed. We have designed a square grid structure measuring 20x20 meters, with equidistant pillars, in the form of a large table as it were, made of reinforced concrete, 3.6 meters high. Underneath this structure is where the requested 250 sqm program is developed, entirely built with white walls and glass. And later on, in the future, we hope to build the white wall that will surround our table.
What we are proposing here is an understated and quiet architecture, perfectly capable of fulfilling the functions we have been asked to provide.
