The Fairytale Kindergarten is Hungary’s very first passive house certified kindergarten. The existing kindergarten – giving home for eight groups – was replaced by a new building, on the ground and 1st floors both with 8-8 group rooms.
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The Fairytale Kindergarten is Hungary’s very first passive house certified kindergarten. The existing kindergarten – giving home for eight groups – was replaced by a new building, on the ground and 1st floors both with 8-8 group rooms.
In the dense urban area the exceptional roof garden acts as the building’s fifth façade, where children can play in a protected, shaded environment.
The circular, triangular and square shapes of the roof terrace are creating a vertical connection with their lightwells to the inner changing rooms and transition zones.
These unique shapes are helping the children to orientate and to feel comfortable. The humorous and kind figures on the floors, walls and doors are making up the essential part of the building.
The magnetic and writable plasters on the walls are serving as an ad-hoc exhibition place for the children’s artworks.
Awards: Architectural Niveau-Prize of the Budapest Chamber of Architects, Honourable Mention 2017; XIX. Hungarian Real Estate Development Award, I. prize 2017; XIX. Hungarian Real Estate Development Award, Public Infrastructure Development I. prize 2017; XIX. Hungarian Real Estate Development Award, The Spetial Award from the Association of Hungarian Sustainable Construction 2017; Energy Globe Building Category I. prize 2017; Media’s Architectural Prize 2016; Austrotherm Enviroment-Conscious Building Special Award 2016; Index.hu People’s Choice 2016; Media’s Architectural Prize People’s Choice 2016
