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Project • By Hrycyk Architekten BDA • Nurseries
Kindertagesstätte Am Waldweg
Due to structural and fire safety deficiencies in the original building dating from 1972, Aschheim’s oldest childcare facility, located near Munich, has been provided with a sustainable replacement building designed to meet future needs. The entire construction project was carried out while the childcare facility remained fully operational.
Sebastian Schels
Sebastian Schels
To minimise the on-site construction period, the project is based on a modular construction system developed through a feasibility study for standalone childcare facilities in the Munich district.
The new building accommodates three nursery groups and one kindergarten group. In keeping with the remaining buildings of the so-called Mühlenbau c... More
Project • By Brandenberger Kloter • Primary Schools
Kindergarten Aegelmatt, Pratteln
Since the start of the 2026 school year, children in Pratteln, Switzerland, have been learning and playing in a new timber building by Brandenberger Kloter Architekten. Kindergarten Aegelmatt brings a kindergarten and a day-care centre together under one roof. The façades of untreated timber change with the weather, the light and the seasons, making the passing of time visible to the children.
Willem Pab
Commissioned by the Municipality of Pratteln, the two-storey replacement building responds to a neighbourhood that is now home to far more children than before. It is the first step in the renewal of the Aegelmatt school complex from 1971; the school building and gymnasium will be renovated in a second phase. The brief asked fo... More
News • News • 17 Mar 2021
10 highlights in the work of Lacaton & Vassal
The work of Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal reflects their ideas that architectural space should be generous, open in use and flooded with natural light. In over three decades, they have designed private and collective housing, cultural and academic institutions, public spaces and urban interventions. Here are 10 highlights in the work of Lacaton & Vassal.
© Philippe Ruault
1. Latapie House, Floirac, France, 1993
Latapie House was the architects’ initial application of greenhouse technologies to design a larger, efficient residence, creating space for the clients’ children to run and grow, on a modest budget. Through the use of retractable and transparent polycarbonate panels on the east-facing rear of the... More