Nursery architecture

The new on-campus Woodlands Day Nursery and Forest School for the University of Staffordshire puts play, development, wellbeing and nature at the heart of early years education, in a net zero carbon building. Providing 100 childcare places, and designed at a child friendly scale, the new nursery includes a state-of-the-art digital observation suite for trainee teachers, social workers and university students. The associated forest school is an independent space for school-age children to engage in outdoor learning activities that develop skills and knowledge not possible in their classrooms. Daniel Hopkinson Early conversations with the University of Staffordshire pointed the design focus towards creating a building from which the ch... More

A typical kindergarten building in Russia often resembles a multi-coloured box. The joint project of the Netherlands-based bureau LEVS architecten and Brusnika debunks this stereotype by designing a brick building with vibrant facades for Vidnoye town, just outside Moscow. A three-storey kindergarten admits children from 18 months to the age of 7. The building will be surrounded by a diversely landscaped park and playgrounds suitable for multiple age groups. The kindergarten forms part of a new residential quarter comprising six houses designed by Brusnika.  Daniel Annenkov Daniel Annenkov Daniel Annenkov Daniel Annenkov Daniel Annenkov Daniel Annenkov Several functional blocks shape the building: there a... More

In Zhongshan, there is an incredible kindergarten. It is good to collect children's dreams and water them with enthusiasm. Ardingly College Zhonghan Kindergarten caters to children from nursery through to secondary school. It is located in the economic headquarters of Zhongshan City. Zhongshan Ardingly Nursery has a total construction area of 7,443 square meters and a total of 18 classes, which can accommodate 408 children. According to the concept of the “windmill,” four arc-shaped forms turn in different directions, and the transparent interface displays a wealth of children’s activities to the outside. Xu Lili Xu Lili Compared to the kindergarten design that pursues bright colors and figurative shapes, we pre... More