Opole Kindergarten Building, Malina Nursery, Polish Architecture Photos
New kindergarten in Opole / Malina
20 Mar 2021
Opole Kindergarten Building, Poland
Architects: PORT
Location: Olimpijska 2, 45-681 Opole, Poland
Kindergarten in Opole / Malina

Photos by Stan Zaj?czkowski
The architects aimed to create inspiring and stimulating kindergarten?s space, to foster kids growth and development. Building acts as a ?vassel? for young human beings, where its form casts user?s behavior, sense of security and self-esteem. It offers incentives for joy and exploration. To be a window into their future, to understand the world and build their own identity.

While working on the project we focused on maintaining existing buildings layout with a yard in between. That is to expose different building?s proportions and historical changes with its specific details. We introduce new functions that connect all, while keeping them autonomous.
Following program requirements, the main existing block has been extended and converted into kindergarten. New layout finds its room in the existing building, preserving its volume, and expanding into the garden through inserted modern-box, that offers classrooms a variety of spaces. Moreover it acts as an indoor yard, to strengthen Montesorii?s idea of being in regular contact with nature, where full height glass blurs the boundary between outside and inside.

Through the design process, it remained very important to us to distinguish old and new fabri...