UAE-based studio Roar has completed a nursery school in Dubai that features integrated technologies to encourage active play and introduce children to computer coding.
The interior design firm headed by Pallavi Dean developed the Nursery of the Future, as part of a project backed by the UAE government that aims to transform the country into the "world's leading nation" by the time of its centenary in 2071.

The AREA 2071 initiative, which is backed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, comprises a suite of programmes and infrastructure projects focused on future innovation.
As part of the programme the Nursery of the Future is designed to be a prototype learning environment that eschews traditional subjects such as mathematics or reading, and instead confronts the contemporary challenge of "preparing children for jobs that don't yet exist".
Roar's design for the nursery school responds to a brief calling for "a world-class learning experience that instils the habits of innovation and futurism that will stay with children for life."
According to Dean, the proposal removes the barriers between children and teachers and seeks to replace them with a fluid and sociable environment that is both playful and stimulating.

"One of the ways we bring this theory to life is by shunning traditional classrooms, instead creating 'learning studios'," the designer explained. "These spaces are flexible, adaptable and nim...