WeWork is continuing its expansion beyond coworking with a kindergarten called WeGrow, which will be designed by Danish architecture firm BIG in New York City.
Announced this week, WeGrow will be a public elementary school for children ages three to nine. The news follows the opening of WeWork's first gym in Downtown Manhattan earlier this month.
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has come up with the design for the first school, with renderings showing wooden play areas and enormous grey pods stacked like river stones, for clambering over.

"Playful and transparent, yet homelike and structured, WeGrow will nurture the child's education through introspection, exploration and discovery," said BIG, which has offices in New York and Copenhagen. "BIG's design for WeGrow seeks to undo the compartmentalisation often found in traditional school environments and reinforces the significance of engaging kids in an interactive environment."
WeWork, which operates shared workspaces all over the world, aims for WeGrow to offer cultural education and hands-on learning.

"Curriculums will be created around meaningful local cultures and environments so that learning can be hands-on and experiential," said Rebekah Neumann, founding partner and chief brand officer at WeWork. "We will focus as much on the growth of our children's spirits as we will their minds."
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