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KEKEC Kindergarten - Desktop Study

Kindergarten Kekec is an extension of a typical 1980s Slovenian prefabricated kindergarten located in Ljubljana. It has a multi-colored facade made of rotating wooden slats that serves multiple purposes: it allows children to play by manipulating the colors, helps them learn colors, and acts as a shading element. The design concept was motivated by the lack of playground equipment, with the colorful facade providing an interactive play surface without requiring an extra budget.

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KEKEC Kindergarten - Desktop Study

Kindergarten Kekec is an extension of a typical 1980s Slovenian prefabricated kindergarten located in Ljubljana. It has a multi-colored facade made of rotating wooden slats that serves multiple purposes: it allows children to play by manipulating the colors, helps them learn colors, and acts as a shading element. The design concept was motivated by the lack of playground equipment, with the colorful facade providing an interactive play surface without requiring an extra budget.

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Kindergarten KEKEC

Architect: Jure Kotnik


Location:Ljubljana,
Slovenia
Area:130.0 sqm

From the
architect.Kindergarte
n Kekec is an
extension of a typical
Slovene prefab
kindergarten from the
1980s.
The construction is
made from
prefabricated wood
and was built in
three days only.
The main design
concept derives
from the existing
kindergarten's lack
of play equipment.

The new faade solves this


weakness by offering a play
element along all three
exterior walls.
It consists of dark brown
roughcast and timber slats
revolving around their
vertical axe.
The slats are thecolourof
natural wood on one side but
painted into nine different
brightcolourson the other
side.
Aside from serving as a shading
element, the toy slats provide
for children's play and
learning: as the children
manipulate
thecolourfulwooden planks
they get to know
differentcolours, experience
wood as a natural material
and constantly change the
appearance of their
kindergarten, all at the same
time.

Kekec has a multi-task colourful


faade that:

1. functions as a toy, allowing children to rotate the slats and


change the appearance
of their kindergarten;
2. helps children learn about colours and experience wood as a
natural material;
3. enables children to play games, such as matching colours,
counting, guessing
games, etc.;
4. helps improve childrens eye-hand coordination, motor
coordination and enhances
their EQ while playing;
5. functions as a chameleon skin that allows the building to
appear either descreet
or vibrant;
6. functions as a shading element that controls the amount of
heat and light entering
the interior.

Kindergarten
Kekec is an
extension of a
typical Slovene
prefab
kindergarten
from the 1980s
situated in one
of Ljubljanas
neighbourhood
s.

DESIGN CONCEPT

PROBLEM: LACK OF
PLAYGROUND
EQUPMENT
NO EXTRA BUDGET
FOR IT
SOLUTION:
COLOURFUL FACADE
FUNCTIONING AS A
TOY, LEARING
INSTRUMENT FOR
COLOURS AND A
SHADING ELEMENT

Playrooms are compact but


allow for the furniture to be
arranged in various
formations.
Daylight floods the interior
from three sides as well as
the roof.
Located between the two
playrooms, washrooms
have large glass openings,
which visually increase
their volume as well as
ease tutor supervision.
Wardrobes in the narrow
cloakroom are made from
pure natural wood.
Wardrobes in the narrow
changing room are made
from pure natural wood and
have pull-out boxes for
shoes in all thecoloursof
the faade, which function

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