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Kindergarten of German School of Athens

Kindergarten of German School of Athens

Client

German School of Athens

Location
Maroussi, Athens, Greece
Photographers
Charalambos Louizidis, Katerina Glinou
Design
2012

The project regards the extension and renovation of an existing educational building and its surrounding landscape. The programmatic arrangement is expressed visually on each façade; on one side, six classrooms are developed in a direct relationship with the exterior space, while on the other side, other main and supporting functions are located. The design addresses the Kindergarten as an “object/toy” in a scale of 1:1 shaped by white and wooden parts that has sought inspiration in the “modules” of a “Lego” type system that, when added together they formulate the final composition.

AWARDS
World Architecture Community Awards 2018
German Design Award Special Mention 2018, German Design Council
Architizer A+ Awards 2016
A+ Award Popular Choice Winner
2015 Mies Van der Rohe Award Nomination
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
Honourable Mention in 2015
Domes Awards for Best built work of the years 2010-2014