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Architecture as the third educator. Kindergarten on Circus Alley, Bucharest

Author: Botez Ana-Maria

Tutors: prof. dr. dr. arh. Dan Marin

Faculty: "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture

Parameters: RH: p+1 / Sd: 5940m2 / POT: 23 / CUT: 0.37

The research starts from the question: How should the architectural space of the kindergarten be conceived in order to become an educational space? How do the spaces that shelter us in the first years of our lives influence our psyche and the way we relate to the world?

In the context of today's Bucharest, the built environment in which a child develops is predictable: a 2-3 room apartment in a block of flats, a crowded kindergarten and a playground set up between the blocks. "Kindergarten" becomes "Kindergarten" over time, and then the courtyards and green spaces also diminish with urban development and educational infrastructure. The project proposes to regain the m

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