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News • News • 15 Jan 2023
Brooklyn’s Wonderforest Nature Preschool by Palette Architecture showcases the possibilities of nature-based education in the built environment
In the Prospect Heights district of Brooklyn, New York, Wonderforest Nature Preschool by Palette Architecture is a unique concept showcasing nature-based education possibilities.
Pavel Bendov
Working with an urban storefront condition, the architects embraced the strategy of abstracted nature, replicating the textures and patterns of nature with simple biophilic forms that enable children to learn via direct interaction with water, trees, dirt, and the collective landscape. Multiple and varied opportunities for play and learning are provided throughout the concept.
Pavel Bendov
Making the most of the storefront condition, Palette maximized the opportunity to bring in natural light, creating direct visual connections with... More
Project • By COOKFOX Architects • Apartments
535 Carlton
535 Carlton is designed to address the issue of sustainable, affordable housing in New York City. Situated at the corner of Dean Street and Carlton Avenue in Brooklyn, the adjacent streetscape is a place of masonry, textures, light and shadow, and dappled sunlight across sidewalks. The holistic design translates bricks and mortar into a building that creates an extension of the vibrant surrounding neighborhood of Prospect Heights.The massing is articulated as a careful composition of masonry and expansive windowed volumes that gradually set back from a 60’ high streetwall on Dean. Through a series of terraces, it creates a transition from the sidewalk and pedestrian scale of Prospect Heights to an appropriate “bookend” framing the new, publ... More