Kindergarten Niederolang

feld72, Middle Density, Project, Technology and fabrication, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms.

Active Public Spaces, Courtyard, Educational facility, Geometry, Italy, Project, Public Space, Timber, User's experience.

The building for a kindergarten in Valdaora di Sotto, South Tyrol, illustrates the local mesh of tradition, contemporary life and nature within the slowly grown village structure. This third kindergarten designed by feld72 aligns itself to the setting without being subordinate to it. Subtly placed, the structure responds to the predominant presence of the parish church with its cemetery chapel and the elementary school in the village center. The timber building is surrounded by a solid wall, as if it were sitting in a case. Together they form a hideaway.