ARCHWERK: unikids kindergarten bochum

unikids bochum by ARCHWERK – all images courtesy ARCHWERK

the idea guiding this design is a glass climate envelope in the form of greenhouse, in which single-storey group houses are joined together in a small, child-friendly, village-like structure on the principle of a "house in a house." on top of the single-storey group houses are accessible surfaces that can be used as an additional playground. the glass climate envelope creates a mixture between a green landscape and group housing that can be used by the day nursery all year long and independently of the weather. the building cost is about 2.500.000 € and the client was ‘RUB’ – ruhruniversität bochum.

the model was build by AMW ‘architecture modelbuilding workshop’ (http://www.amw-online.net/)

site map

ground floor

upper floor

architects’ model by AMW

architects’ model close up by AMW

architects’ model basic building by AMW

section

elevation

rendered exterior view

rendered interior view

climate diagram

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