San Giorgio Kindergarten

Jachen Könz Architetto, 2018

The new San Giorgio Kindergarten defines the southern edge of a rectangular embankment with a large roof—a horizontal slab—positioned between the elementary school, a wooded area with a biotope, and the middle school, while keeping the northern part open as a reference space.

The old road between the elementary school and the new kindergarten has been transformed into a school square.The four sections are arranged on a single level, beneath the large roof and in close contact with the outdoors to the north and south. Each compartment has a central glazed patio with an elliptical opening to the sky, around which two mirrored sections are arranged. The patio and its garden serve as a source of light, a reference, and a divider, around which activities take place.Each section’s space is completely open, organized by the structure into functional teaching areas. The construction system consists of a reinforced concrete base and a large wooden roof composed of a series of beams supported by four longitudinal structural axes.