Weinviertel at its Best

They are the children’s first living spaces outside their families, their first learning spaces and places of social encounters. That is why it is particularly important to us that the architecture of kindergartens is conceived along pedagogical concepts and creates spaces for play and exploration. In the case of our kindergarten in the northern Weinviertel region, we have created more than just a string of white rooms. It is a place that children will remember.

Feel good in the wood kindergarden

The competition design was still somewhat different: That wood would be so present in the interior only became apparent during the course of planning. In order to create the most cosy and comfortable atmosphere, we decided to use spruce walls and coarse particle boards that are sanded but not painted. This allows the wood to grow with the children, to live and acquire a patina. The spatial impression is also enhanced by the roof construction: The exposed wooden beams unconsciously convey the idea of architecture to the children – they propose a rhythm and structure and reveal the construction of the building. The little ones can recreate their kindergarten with building blocks and gain an understanding of how building, how houses work.

»We like the combination of warm security and green expanse characteristic of traditional farmhouses. A feeling we revive with our kindergarten project.«

Tomorrow's farmhouses

The three kindergarten group houses stretch out like fingers into the large garden and embrace daylight from three sides. Each have their own access to the outdoors, to their own courtyard. Together with the pergola, this achieves atmospheric, shady play areas, which the kindergarten teachers can easily oversee. A reminiscence of the traditional Lower Austrian elongated farmhouse typology, reinterpreted for the next generations.