Bergen-Enkheim Kindergarten / Bolles + Wilson

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  • Architects: Bolles + Wilson
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1800
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2022
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Roman Mensing
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  EQUITONE, Baier, Forbo, Küffner, Stemeseder
Bergen-Enkheim Kindergarten / Bolles + Wilson - Exterior Photography
© Roman Mensing

Text description provided by the architects. The latest BOLLES+WILSON kindergarten is now, after a protracted incubation open for its 60 mini-customers. It is beside a fire station and behind suburban villas in Frankfurt’s Bergen-Enkheim district.

Bergen-Enkheim Kindergarten / Bolles + Wilson - Exterior Photography, Facade, Windows
© Roman Mensing
Bergen-Enkheim Kindergarten / Bolles + Wilson - Facade
© Roman Mensing

The ‘coat of many colors’ façade is wood, and sustainable, a signal for the building’s ‘passive house’ status. Colorful sun awnings animate the south façade where the six group rooms open to the playground or to the first-floor balcony (where stairs connect down to the playground).

Bergen-Enkheim Kindergarten / Bolles + Wilson - Exterior Photography, Facade, Windows
© Roman Mensing
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Plan - Ground floor
Bergen-Enkheim Kindergarten / Bolles + Wilson - Interior Photography, Windows
© Roman Mensing

Sliding white sunscreens on the East and West façades also give nighttime security for open windows. The flat roof is planted for rainwater retention and for insect habitat.

Bergen-Enkheim Kindergarten / Bolles + Wilson - Exterior Photography, Handrail
© Roman Mensing

The compact volume and upper-level multi-purpose room are a consequence of the limited size and a ground level change of 2,20m. The interior circulation gallery is animated by an optimistic green/yellow wall with giant foot/hand prints. A thematizing of scale is endemic to a building whose customers are only 70 centimeters tall.

Bergen-Enkheim Kindergarten / Bolles + Wilson - Interior Photography
© Roman Mensing

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Address:Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Cite: "Bergen-Enkheim Kindergarten / Bolles + Wilson" 16 Mar 2023. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/998049/bergen-enkheim-kindergarten-bolles-plus-wilson> ISSN 0719-8884

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