{"id":51315,"date":"2025-09-30T03:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T03:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/51315\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T03:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T03:34:11","slug":"archikon-updates-kindergarten-to-be-sustainable-playful-and-liveable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/51315\/","title":{"rendered":"Archikon updates kindergarten to be “sustainable, playful, and liveable”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pastel colour palette, metal<\/a> canopies and furniture informed by children’s block games lend a playful feel to Gy\u00f6ngyszem Kindergarten in Budapest<\/a>, Hungary, renovated by local studio Archikon.<\/p>\n

Archikon<\/a> renovated and modernised the kindergarten<\/a>, which occupies one of a series of prefabricated community structures built along a tree-lined path in the 1960s as part of the Gy\u00f6ngy\u00f6si Street estate.<\/p>\n

\"FacadeArchikon has updated the Gy\u00f6ngyszem Kindergarten in Budapest<\/p>\n

“The idea behind the renewal of the Gy\u00f6ngyszem Kindergarten was to show that a prefabricated nursery can be transformed into an environmentally and energy-conscious, sustainable, playful, and liveable space,” said the studio.<\/p>\n

“The aim was to create a harmonious environment that takes sustainability and digital advancements into account, fostering a so-called ‘smart kindergarten’ \u2013 an institution that provides the latest tools for education and development,” it added.<\/p>\n

\"MetalSteel-framed canopies line the kindergarten’s eastern edge<\/p>\n

The studio updated the kindergarten’s four neglected blocks, added an additional storey and replaced a dark connecting corridor with a series of glazed linking volumes for community activities.<\/p>\n

The kindergarten’s entrance is marked by a curved section of wall finished in colourful tiles, and leads into a reception hall organised around a sculptural curving staircase illuminated by a skylight.<\/p>\n

\"Full-heightA second storey was added to the 1960s structure<\/p>\n

Inside, a corridor running north to south connects each of the kindergarten’s four blocks with three glazed linking volumes that pull in natural daylight.<\/p>\n

In each of these spaces, a central staircase leads up to mezzanines which overlook small courtyards and the neighbouring gardens beyond through fully-glazed walls on either side.<\/p>\n

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Colourful speckled floors, modular block-like furniture and crawling tunnels incorporated beneath the white steel staircases bring a playful feel to these communal spaces, which also contain built-in timber storage for coats and bags.<\/p>\n

Along the kindergarten’s eastern edge, a white steel canopy with fabric awnings creates both a verandah below and balconies above, giving each of the ten classrooms direct access to outdoor space.<\/p>\n

\"CorridorSkylights and full-height glazing draw light into the interior<\/p>\n

On the western edge facing the street, smaller rooms house the kindergarten’s service and office areas as well as a series of development and activity rooms.<\/p>\n

The exterior of the kindergarten has been finished in pale pink render, complemented by pastel green window frames, pale orange awnings and yellow furniture in the garden areas.<\/p>\n

\"ChildrenFurniture was informed by children’s block games. Photo by Bal\u00e1zs Koch<\/p>\n

Gy\u00f6ngyszem Kindergarten was recently longlisted in the education project<\/a> category of Dezeen Awards 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other kindergartens recently featured on Dezeen include the rammed-earth and timber African Flow School in Cameroon by Urbanitree,<\/a> and the brightly coloured and angular V\u011btrn\u00edk Kindergarten in the Czech Republic<\/a> by Architektura.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Bal\u00e1zs Danyi<\/a>\u00a0unless otherwise stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pastel colour palette, metal canopies and furniture informed by children’s block games lend a playful feel to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,44273,501,156,4175,44272,1614,111,139,69,6649,1621,1774],"class_list":{"0":"post-51315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-budapest","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-hungary","16":"tag-kindergartens","17":"tag-metal","18":"tag-new-zealand","19":"tag-newzealand","20":"tag-nz","21":"tag-schools","22":"tag-sectionall","23":"tag-sectionarchitecture"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}