ArchDaily - Building of the Year Awards 2017

At its core, a kindergarten is about creating a safe, playful and inspiring setting for kids to grow up in. The starting point for this kindergarten was to create a building from the eye level of a child. The design is based on a concept that kids are very fond of: The playhouse. As a series of small houses within a bigger house, the interior of the kindergarten is composed of several small and different worlds that vary in size and function. A house within a house becomes a recurring motif, both indoors and out. The aim is to create architecture that is comprehensible in the eyes of a child and to draw inspiration from the simplicity and purity of a child’s drawing. The result is a scaled-down environment consisting of many different worlds, but also a place where kids can feel a sense of belonging to one specific house within the cluster of houses.


Client: City of Frederiksberg

Program: Day care center for 182 children, age 0-6

Size: 1,700 m²

Year: First prize in competition 2011, completed 2015

Collaborators: Preben Skaarup Landskab, Søren Jensen, Learning Spaces, Brdr. Thybo, Caverion, Juul & Nielsen

Awards: ArchDaily Building of the Year Award 2017

Team: Agnieszka Krasuska, Agnieszka Szczepanska, Claes Nilsson, Christian Sander, Dan Stubbergaard, Davide Pontoni, Eik Bjerregaard, Greta Tiedje, Jens Wagner, Jonas Nordgren, Kato Hiroshi, Rune Boserup.