AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Play & Learning
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being, Quality Education
KEYWORDS
KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION, education, children, Play & learning
COUNTRY
Colombia
DESIGNED BY
Daniela Bolaños Zambrano
WEBSITE
https://arqdis.uniandes.edu.co/daniela-bolanos-gana-mencion-de-honor-en-el-concurso-internacional-ie-spaces-for-creativity-orgullomarq/
Meraki Nursery School
An alternative way of learning movement.
Learning and exploration gather in Meraki Nursery School a playful environment equipped with multiple atmospheres, paths and spaces that invite children to freely interact with others, play, jump, run, sit, go up and down, observe and rest. An alternative way of learning movement.
Children’s growth and their needs are the main source of inspiration for the design of each of the spaces that are part of the nursing school. These spaces were design drawn from the understanding of the behaviors developed by children ranged from two to seven years old (socialization and communication, sensory motor functions and playing, intuition and organization). The spaces encourage activities in order to improve such behaviors. This diversified environment allows tangible and intangible exploration with the purpose of stimulate the senses. Thus, the essence of the spaces themselves convey emotions and feelings so that they are lived from the children's own experience and perception.