Arch2O.com

Arch2O.com - Architecture & Design Magazine
WeWork, which is a rapidly-growing workspace company based in New York, announced recently that it has started working on a kindergarten project dubbed ?WeGrow?, choosing BIG as the designing firm.
WeGrow is a public school in New York which is designated for kids between 3-9 years of age.
This comes after the latest of WeWork?s projects was inaugurated in Manhattan a couple of weeks ago. The project was the first gym ever made by the growing company.
Courtesy of OMA and WeWork
The design presented by the Danish architectural firm, BIG, for WeWork?s first educational project proposed wooden activity spaces and gigantic piled-up grey pods for the children to climb.
“Playful and transparent, yet homelike and structured, WeGrow will nurture the child’s education through introspection, exploration, and discovery,” BIG commented. “BIG’s design for WeGrow seeks to undo the compartmentalization often found in traditional school environments and reinforces the significance of engaging kids in an interactive environment.”
“Curriculums will be created around meaningful local cultures and environments so that learning can be hands-on and experiential,” explained the founding partner and chief brand officer at WeWork, Rebekah Neumann. “We will focus as much on the growth of our children’s spirits as we will their minds.”
Courtesy of OMA and WeWork
Although the s...