NOVOSELIE, RUSSIA
Kindergarten
A kindergarten for 190 children.
Awards for the project:

Silver diploma of the international competition “Golden Trezzini” in the category “Best implemented project of a public building or structure”

In early 2021, the Construction Trust invited us to take part in a competition to design a kindergarten in the village of Novoselye, Leningrad Oblast. The master plan for the territory where this site is located was developed by the Semrén & Månsson bureau and imposed certain stylistic constraints on us in the form of the building’s curvature and the colour scheme. Based on the results, the client chose our concept and entrusted us with its implementation.
Ilya Edemsky, Chief Architect
Детский сад в Новоселье, красивый современный детский сад, архитектура, БИП, BIP, БалтИнвест-проект
For the shape of our building, we took a primitive form in the shape of a parallelepiped, which incorporates two main functional blocks – the main one with group cells and auxiliary spaces. In the central part, at the junction of the blocks, we placed the main entrance and the grand staircase. Then, by bending the primitive along the axis of the main entrance, we not only met the requirements of the master plan but also obtained an entrance area.

To add extra emphasis to the main entrance, we shifted part of the first floor of the auxiliary block inward, which created a striking console decorated with screens in the form of vertical metal grilles. In addition to visually enhancing the building’s composition, it also has a purely practical function — it serves as a canopy and provides space for storing strollers and scooters near the main entrance.

According to the customer’s technical requirements, the building’s facade had to be made of facing brick, and the master plan specified its colour scheme. Since minimalism was the foundation of our design approach, we continued to develop this idea on the facades. This is how a brick monolith emerged, divided by window openings and niches for entrances to group cells, which were additionally accentuated with color. At the main entrance, this was expressed through an inversion of the brickwork color and a bright console ceiling, and at the side entrances — through bright plaster inserts. In addition, we introduced elements made of metal grilles; this technique allowed us to connect different facade elements together or, conversely, to lift the heavy brick facade off the ground.
Детский сад в Новоселье, красивый современный детский сад, архитектура, БИП, BIP, БалтИнвест-проект
Несмотря на монументальность и строгость здания мы хотели сделать его максимально открытым и связанным с окружающей средой.

Для этого мы очень детально подошли к организации светопрозрачных конструкций, с целью впустить как можно больше света в помещения. Так появились световые колодцы на кровле, двухсветные тамбуры, максимально остекленные входные группы, а для групповых ячеек мы предусмотрели решение со стеклянными объемами эркеров. Идея в том, что у детей есть возможность выйти за границу здания, не покидая групповую ячейку и устанавливать между собой визуальный контакт находясь в разных группах и на разных этажах. Также это позволило усилить взаимосвязь внутреннего пространства здания с прилегающей территорией.

The building is two‑storey and has the following parameters:


− total area of the building – 3,185.0 m²;

− construction volume of the building – 13,856 m³;

− height of the building – 9.465 m;

− floor height – 3.9 m;

− building footprint area – 1,718 m².

Детский сад в Новоселье, красивый современный детский сад, архитектура, БИП, BIP, БалтИнвест-проект
awards, articles, and mentions
The best completed project of a public building or structure.
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The kindergarten is for the little residents of Novoselye.
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The kindergarten in the NEWPITER residential complex has been recognized as the best social facility in the Leningrad Region.
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