2011 - 2013
Day care in a homely setting
Popular with families, the city of Frederiksberg has the youngest population in the country. Vandkunsten won the competition to build a contemporary day care center that fit into the villa-packed neighborhood at Virginiavej.
We designed the day care institution as two two-storey villas to fit in. At the same time the building is quiet building and rich in architectural variety. The easily recognizable building volume has an assymetric roof, large chimneys for the ventilation systems, as well as great variations in the sizes and location of windows
A visual experience
Many visual connections between spaces in the building inspire to move around. Furthermore the variation in the design as well as daylight of the interior spaces supports a great number of activities for the kids. All space for kids units as well as common spaces are directly linked to an exterior space, the garden, a balcony or a roof terrace.
Compact quality spaces for playing
Exterior spaces are divided between a front yard area and two play areas North and South of the nap space.
The kindergarden is built to comply with the 2020 energy standards, the most ambitious possible.
Project facts
Facts
Project name: Virginiavej Kindergarden
Category:Culture & Institutions
Client: City of Frederiksberg
Gross area: 820 m²
Date: 2011 - 2013
Status: 2011-2013
Cost of construction: DKK 23,8 mio
Project
Program: Day care institution
Job type: 1. prize in invited competition
Contact: Søren Nielsen, sn@vandkunst.dk
Project group: Søren Nielsen, Kristian Martinsen, Thomas Nybo Rasmussen, Hildur Hansen
Team
Architect: Vandkunsten Architects
Landscape: Vandkunsten Architects
Consultant: Photos: Adam Mørk