Kaleido-Kids - Non-formal Education Center for Children

Authors’ Comment

The project aims to create a complex that serves as a children’s center in the heart of the urban environment—a place designed to spark young children’s interest in learning. The project’s core concept is learning through play and stimulating education through sensory experiences, by applying contemporary educational methods and translating them into architecture. Thus, the proposed complex is configured as a geometric composition, with each volume designed for a specific type of activity, aiming to integrate all existing clubs within the Children’s Palace, organized by category. The project’s objective is to provide a setting conducive both to the actual conduct of activities and to stimulating children in a safe environment that fosters the learning process.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES:

Community architecture and humanity against the individualization of contemporary society.
Architecture tailored to children's perception.
Exterior-interior spaces communication.
A volumetric game for creating various spaces.
Visual communication against the isolation of spaces.
Play as a stimulus for children's senses to enhance the learning process.
“The House as a City” – creating a complex, city-like environment that still offers the protection and comfort of a home.