Childcare

The project combines a new-build five-bedroom house and an extension to an adjacent maisonette for two related families who wished to live close together. The site is in the middle of the ‘Tetris-like’ Mansford Estate constructed in the 1970s to the north of Bethnal Green Road. The homes were designed to extend the architecture of the estate as it was important these private houses were embedded into their locale, rather than standing out in an area of predominately socially rented accommodation. The form of the new-build home is generated from a challenging set of practical conditions – rights of light issues, a large sewer running below, and multiple party walls – but most importantly a desire to maximise outdoor space and internal light.... More

COBE designs historic yet modern rental building that will provoke a lasting impression in downtown Toronto.Danish architectural firm COBE headed by Dan Stubbergard will be leaving their mark on an exciting new mixed use development in one of the fastest growing cities in Canada. A client group consisting of Dream Unlimited, Kilmer Van Nostrand Co. Limited and Tricon Capital Group has commissioned COBE to develop a large scale mixed-use residential development in Toronto’s downtown east in collaboration with Toronto-based architectural firm architectsAlliance.Consisting of three buildings, two of which COBE has designed, the project contains 761 market rental apartment units including 30 percent affordable rental units which are indistingui... More

A landmark Metrogate community at 151 Green Village Square. Overlooking the lush, green eco-friendly Metrogate Park, AVANI is a condominium address that resonates with sleek symmetry, striking glass silhouettes of glass, pre-cast detailing and modern design, State-of-the-art amenitiesAs a community, Metrogate has been designed to ensure that daily conveniences – leisure time, childcare and even the daily commute – are well within reach. Pedestrian-friendly streets give way to beautiful town homes, modern high-rise residences, spectacular recreational amenities and even two on-site daycare centres. Not only that, the community’s ideal location at Kennedy Rd. and Hwy. 401 puts the surrounding urban pursuits and conveniences well within reach. More

O’Sea Charme is a composite project with housing facilities and the related living support programme. It can be considered to be a completely isolated project, independent of future developments on the site of the former media centre. The design was derived from a desire to create a coherent and well defined environment from public spaces and buildings. The planning here consists of terraced houses, studios, assisted living facilities and apartments. The development theme is for ‘an integrated new urban area that is in harmony with the surroundings, offering something for people of all ages.’   ConceptHousingThe project will provide approximately 168 additional living units in the area. A variety of different apartments will... More

The Brickyard at Playa Vista offices are the latest addition to an expanding campus of technology and creative media office spaces in the heart of Los Angeles' Playa Vista community.   The new development consists of two buildings containing a total of 425,300 square feet of office space. The distinctive building facades made of thin brick with white engobe finish create a visual gateway into the Playa Vista campus while also serving as an extension of the highly active recreational spaces of the adjacent Central Park at Playa Vista. Prominent retail spaces with inviting outdoor areas are positioned at the building’s corner closest to the park and the Playa Vista residential neighborhood making them welcoming stopping places fo... More

Granny Pad: Multigenerational Urban Living at Its FinestAcross the country, many families are struggling with the same difficult question: How can you best support aging family members when you live in a city with minimal housing options? Best Practice Architecture has offered a brilliant solution to issues around multigenerational living and urban density with their latest Seattle project.The firm was hired by a Seattle homeowner to create Granny Pad: A spacious living quarters converted from a backyard garage. The residential addition was built to give the aging family member a safe and well-designed home, bring childcare to the growing family, and to maintain privacy for everyone involved.Located just north of Seattle’s University Distri... More

These are a classroom for preschool children and an after-school childcare center in a kindergarten in Yokohama. This is a renovation project of two sections of dilapidated dwelling with shop, which is 40 years old and a two-storied building, to change them into 4 classrooms. The key concept is “SATELLITE”, concomitant with the main facility kindergarten located across from the site and with the hope that this building will become the place like children’s base. The existing exterioris kept, and we put some skins with dot pattern according to the design image of galaxy. Giving depth with light and shadow, we tried to update the image of former old building.By setting distinctive windows, passers-by can see inside. It makes chances that peop... More

The demand for childcare centres in inner-city areas continues to rise and facilities that ignore design, now do so at their own peril. Western Australia’s Schools of Early Learning is acutely aware of the need to differentiate themselves from other childcare centres in the area. The family-owned operator has recently completed their new 114 child, high-rise Skyplay North Perth School of Early Learning – one of the few of its kind in the country. Tom Godden Architects and Matthew Crawford Architects wanted to design a sophisticated building for children, unlike others they’d so frequently come across.Typical bright painted walls are replaced with natural materials that are hard wearing yet beautiful. Off-form concrete and plywood panel... More

Clyde Mews consists of 8 dwellings including 6 double storey, family centric, townhouses and 2 units, ranging in size from one to three bedrooms. The project is a development of two traditional Thornbury housing blocks into medium density housing, and provides an alternative model to the usual car centric development of this type. Instead a model of medium density living is delivered that that prioritises the development of community, shared amenity, sustainability and landscape. The dwellings have been designed to maximise the site's orientation to provide energy and water efficient residences that are sustainable, comfortable and affordable.   The site features good public and private open space positioned around a central shared s... More

Kampung Admiralty is Singapore’s first integrated public development that brings together a mix of public facilities and services under one roof. The traditional approach is for each government agency to carve out their own plot of land, resulting in several standalone buildings. This one-stop integrated complex, on the other hand, maximises land use, and is a prototype for meeting the needs of Singapore’s ageing population.  Located on a tight 0.9Ha site with a height limit of 45m, the scheme builds upon a layered ‘club sandwich’ approach. A “Vertical Kampung (village)” is devised, with a Community Plaza in the lower stratum, a Medical Centre in the mid stratum, and a Community Park with apartments for seniors in the upper stratum. Th... More

The new Bendigo Hospital is the largest regional hospital development in Victoria. The $AUD 630 million Victorian Government project delivers world-class healthcare facilities and provides a welcoming, holistic and positive environment that promotes wellbeing.   Undertaken by Exemplar Health (NBH) Partnership as a Private Public Partnership, all investments were considered with sustainability, functionality and longevity as major themes. Design solutions reflected the future needs of the region, providing value-for-money for constituents.   The hospital is an inclusive environment that incorporates community facilities such as an indigenous garden, childcare centre and 128 serviced apartments. Importantly the hospital reduces... More

The new headquarters for Amorepacific, Korea’s largest beauty company, is located in the centre of Seoul at a site which has been occupied by the company since 1956. It is situated next to a former US military zone that is being transformed into the spacious public Yongsan Park and a business district, which was part of a masterplan representing the largest high-rise development in Korea that substantially altered the urban fabric of the Yongsan district.The form of the building is both abstract and gestural. Focusing on a single, clear volume, the proportions of the building have been carefully developed around a central courtyard to maximise the effectiveness of natural ventilation and daylight. Three large urban openings connect this cen... More

When the children move through the building, they will experience a variety of spatial situations and changing impressions. The building should serve as a giant "toy".The task is to supplement the urban kindergarten in Vallendar (Germany) by almost 500 square meters with two groups and the adjoining rooms. The day care center is to be built on a narrow area next to the old building. Previously, the area served as a green space to the street. Due to the typological situation, it is necessary that the extension must be arranged at a height offset from the existing building. The small plot requires a two-story construction. A particularly efficient structure arises both in the consideration of the surfaces, the functions as well as the costs.... More

two buildings are set into the naturally-sloping site. the first building, to the south, accommodates the pre/post-school childcare unit and the nursery, while to the north, the second building houses the crèche. access is from the ruelle du collège, via sloping paths that run along the length of the site, allowing easy pushchair access to the different buildings. the spaces between the buildings are reorganised into a yard for the different groups of children: to the south is an area for the pre/post-school childcare unit, the central area is for the crèche, with a public space to the north. to the east of the site, off the rue du moulin, there is a drop-off point for users arriving by car. project the ground floor of building acont... More