Kindergarten Architecture
By Mark Dudek
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- ISBN: 978-0-419-24520-9
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Taylor and Francis
- Publication Date: 21st December 2000
- Pages: 248
- Illustrations: 124 line illustrations, 134 b+w photos and 27 colour illustrations
About the Book
This fully illustrated guide to the planning and design of pre-school facilities for children is supported by a broad range of case studies, drawn from around the world. Both new buildings and adapted premises are covered. Essays on social development and childcare put the projects in context. Based on extensive research,
Kindergarten Architecture offers the designer a unique survey of the best designs in kindergarten architecture. Two new kindergarten buildings are added to the case study section and the author provides guidance on the practical implications of recent changes to pre-school education. Contains two new case studies, 1. Corning Child Development Centre, New York and 2. Bornehaven De Fire Arstider, Copenhagen.
Reviews
'Everything you wanted to know about pre-school nursery design.' -
Architecture Today
Table of Contents
Foreword. Preface and acknowledgements. Methodology. Introduction. 1. An architectural framework for an educational discussion: conceptions and contradictions. 2. A selective history: aspects of children's culture and architecture for children 3. Meaning in contemporary kindergarten architecture. 4. Defining quality: characteristics of space within the kindergarten environment. The Projects. Organic/metaphorical. Late modern. Contextual. Illustration acknowledgements.
