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Entwurf • Design bernardo bader architekten, AT-Bregenz
Lageplan • Site view
Grundriss Erdgeschoss • Ground floor plan
Längsschnitt • Longitudinal section
Bauherr • Client Marktgemeinde Egg, AT-Egg
Standort • Location Loco 602, AT-Egg
Nutzfläche • Floor space 2000 m 2
Fotos • Photos Adolf Bereuter, AT-Dornbirn
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 126
KINDERHAUS IM PARK
IN EGG
The rooms of our childhood are inscribed in our memo-
ries. Here, in the centre of the largest community in the
Bregenzerwald, bernardo bader architekten have sensi-
tively placed six “little houses” next to each other. The
result is a village universe in the centre of the village, a
second home for the very youngest and also an unmista-
kable spatial symbol of the world of the child.
S ix gables line up strikingly along the Schmiedebach brook – just
one of the rivers that run through Egg – and form a clear spati-
al edge towards the northern part of the village while adopting the
architectural typology of the village. To the south of the building is the
protected natural play garden, which is visually closely linked to the
individual group rooms. The approach road along the brook provides
access to the agricultural land behind and to the parking garage in the
basement, on which the children’s house sits in solid timber construc-
tion. Just a few steps away from the village centre, a spacious fore-
court leads directly over the head into the heart of the house. Along
the inner “village street”, the bright and spacious group- and creative
rooms, which are up to six metres high, including the adjoining rooms
and the centrally located “marketplace”, are lined up – open and, at
the same time, promising a sense of security. This single-storey timber
construction, prefabricated in parts, nestles into the landscape like a
delicate, elongated caterpillar, while remaining flexible and adapting
to the specific needs of the children. There is space for protection and
peace, as well as room for freedom and adventure. The world of the
little ones connects with the village community via the front rooms,
whereas the exercise- and dining room can be used by local clubs and
groups outside of opening hours. This means that even the grown-ups
can enjoy this particularly cosy, light and warm atmosphere from time
to time. The same material is used throughout the rooms. The walls
and ceilings are clad in silver-fir wood, while wooden floorboards
or clay-casein flooring were used for the floors. Like big, curious
children’s eyes, the circular glazing looks out from the group rooms
into the inner village life. The view into the “group life” is also desi-
red and intended. The implementation of the pedagogical concept in
space seems to have been successful – here is a quote from the con-
cept: “The Bienenhaus should be a place of encounters where people
feel welcome and comfortable regardless of their origin, social status
and family form.” And they do!
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