Daycare center Königshorster Straße

The daycare center in Königshorster Straße is located in the Märkisches Viertel, close to Senftenberger Ring. The urban environment of the new daycare centre is characterized by high-rise buildings, spacious public open spaces and outdoor facilities for public use, the nearby district center and the adjacent Thomas Mann secondary school. To the north, the site is tangent to an extensive local recreation area with green spaces and water features. Despite its location in the center of the large housing estate, the property is secluded and idyllic in a park-like setting.



The building is surrounded to the west and south by an open space that can be used for play activities, the structure of which relates to the building and creates an interesting open space for pre-school children with various play and planting areas, different surfaces and natural materials. The building is surrounded by a large terrace, which forms a connecting element for all play areas. The entrance areas for the daycare center building and the garden are located on the east side of the building. Bicycle parking spaces and car parking spaces for the disabled are provided here. On the north side, there is a garbage pergola with an equipment storage room in the service yard. The garden area was slightly modeled in its height ratios and divided into three different play areas: a play area for children "over 3 years" (Ü3) with a climbing structure on a hill, an area for children "under 3 years" (U3) in the southern part of the open space with a sand area and a communal play area with a sand construction site and corresponding intermediate area.



The area was planted with a long flowering hedge in the northern delivery area. Seven small-crowned trees frame the play areas. Three amber trees were planted in the northern part of the open space. The communal play area is separated from the sand play area for the U3 children by a planting of grasses. The vegetation area can optionally be supplemented with communal planting areas, in the sense of an educational garden. The day nursery is separated from the neighboring school to the south by a hedge cabinet made of spherical willows, which can be used to play hide-and-seek. A lawn to the west of the gathering area is used for free play.