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 __media type="youtube" key="EMrsJFnyplA" width="425" height="350" My Kindergarten__ My Project is a kindergarten. His program consists of three levels of learning for fifteen children each, a computer room, separate bathrooms for girls and boys, a nursing, kitchen, and dining room for forty-five children and their teachers, administration, internal schoolyard, outdoor schoolyard and a multipurpose area. The design concept was the exploration of a cube (previously done) by adding solids; the concept of my cube was the way the light filters through the trees as prisms. That’s the origin of my Kindergarten.  The administration is in front, has an area for the director’s work, and a small waiting area where there is also the secretary. The central schoolyard is double height for children recess and recreational activities sheltered from sun and rain. Nursing on the north side of the schoolyard where children can receive medical care in case of an accident or become ill. In south side of the schoolyard is dining room for 45 children and their teachers with a kitchen for food preparation. At the end exists three rooms for three levels of learning, with capacity for 15 children, plus a computer room for 15 children, these rooms are connected to the schoolyard through a corridor that also connects with the outdoor schoolyard. Near the entrance is a stair with small risers for the kids, this leads to the 2nd floor where a multipurpose area, is ideal for special classes for children, parents meetings and events. The entire building is open to enjoy as a cross ventilation takes advantage of the winds in the area to maintain a cool environment, but, in case of rain, these areas may be partially or totally closed in order to guard of children. By their morphology and windows location, preschool does not need artificial lighting at any time of day, except, of course, at night. The kindergarten is Located in Altamira, Caracas, Venezuela. It’s facing the Avenue Luis Roche. It’s located so that its front faces east. This sector is mostly residential, with small buildings between one and four floors. In the same street there is another kindergarten and a small clinic. On the perimeter there are restaurants, hospitals, supermarkets and several shops. The climate of the area is a typical tropical climate of Caracas, pretty cool in the morning and evening, enjoying the nice breeze. To the north you can see Avila, and nearby there are many trees, which gives the sector a sense of greenness and freshness. The clients are children. Children have special needs care, since they are growing emotionally and physically. For this reason, the kindergarten has the necessary security measures, such as stair with small risers and resistant building materials. Children enjoy a great imagination, while retaining all information provided to them through the stimulation of his senses, for that reason an area where they can fully explore their imagination with suggestive forms and open spaces, is an ideal place for emotional and intellectual development. The kindergarten structure is steel made. It is an unconventional structure, designed specifically for the project, serving primarily as the folds of an origami, distributing the load through the angles at which it is set, its beams are interconnected and self-supporting each other they need the help of columns, only the key points of higher incidence of forces. In this way the result is a lightweight and durable structure. The materials used in kindergarten are basically friendly to the environment. The structure is steel, and wall panels of plastic wood, which is recycled and recyclable, prevents the breakdown of the wood therefore has long life, is not affected by moisture and corrosion, requires no painting, is immune to insects and rodents and is resistant to climatic factors. The floor is made of natural-rubber with different texture and color for each space. Its windows and roof skylights are made of solar control glass PLANITHERM controlling excessive solar energy inputs and allow the passage of light. At the same time the roofs is made of waterproof sailcloth which provides 100% of shadow and also avoid the heat coming from the sun.

