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Project • By xystudio • Nurseries
KIDO Kindergarten
KIDO is a public kindergarten which we like to call „the yellow crocodile“. It is situated on a triangular plot in Aleksandrów Łódzki, in central Poland.
The building is a technological hybride. Ground floor is made with concrete and bricks and to build the first floor we decided to use CLT. At the begining of work on the project it turned out there was not much time. The kindergarten had to be ready by September when children start the schoolyear. We reached for CLT to speed up the construction process. Both parts were made simultaneously. Workers were building the ground floor while all the wooden elements were being prepared in the factory. As soon as the ceiling was finished the large timber blocks have arrive... More
News • News • 24 May 2022
Kindergarten for Llubi expresses in built form two converging patterns from its landscape context
In the small Mallorca town of Llubi, this new kindergarten by Aixopluc Architects is located on a peripheral site where two patterns converge: one agricultural and the other urban.
José Hévia
The structure and essence of the kindergarten design acknowledges these two patterns with the structure of the building following the neighbouring walls of the urban fabric, while the rhythm and culture of the site's agricultural past is translated into a series of versatile spaces that welcome a variety of activities.
José Hévia
The building is constructed with a mineral basement that absorbs the sun’s radiation on winter days, thus providing a heat source for the interior. A CLT system with pi... More