A garden that won the 2019 call for tender for the future garden.
The pedagogical concept that Orit, the director of the kindergarten, has chosen to promote is the cultivation of a sense of ability through encouraging the independence and personal expression of each child according to his inclination
The personal alongside placing an emphasis on his social skills and teamwork.
The area of the garden was expanded thanks to the demolition of the warehouse and its conversion to art workshops. Creating a "building" closet that contains all the contents of the warehouse and creating a raised space on the windowsill.
The garden was designed in the concept of a "small town" with 3 houses. One is a large closet at the entrance, the second is an interactive wall, behind which there is a place to sit and the third is a wall that bypasses the bathroom and the wet workshop.
A creative garden where, between the houses, there is also a stage for theater performances where children themselves appear in front of their parents.
Behind the beige curtain - "gallery workshop" is intended for work
In wet and dirty materials, such as gouache, hand paints, sculpture and more. The work in this workshop allows you to create by sitting next to a table or standing in front of walls that are covered with ceramics especially for this purpose or by painting on a permanent window with hand paints, chalk paints and erasers.
באזור סדנה זו נוספו 2 כיורי נירוסטה (האחד גבוהה לשימוש הצוות והשני בגובה מותאם לילדים) כל חומרי העבודה נמצאים על מדפים בגובה הילדים ומאפשרים לעבוד באופן עצמאי החל מהכנת החומרים, היצירה עצמה ולא פחות חשוב ניקיון וארגון המרחב לאחר סיום העבודה באופן עצמאי.
Behind the orange curtain - a "dry workshop" for working with dry materials such as sewing, building with recycled materials, making decorations, dolls and costumes.
A theater stage - with the help of closing two large curtains, light insertion atoms fixed on the sides of the workshops, we easily change the space of the garden that turns into a theater. Connecting the area of the two workshops that have been re-floored with parquet-like flooring that differs from the rest of the garden creates a theater stage.
Raised area on the window sill - with the help of removal
The garden windows to the outside create an additional space on the windowsill, along the entire garden which is lined with mattresses and covered with wooden facades simulating a building with windows. The children climb to it with the help of ladders and use this area as a quiet corner for rest, conversation between friends, reading and nature observations.
On the one hand, there is a very clear division into areas in the kindergarten and the children disperse naturally and find a niche for them, and on the other hand, many options exist in a space that contains, intrigues and allows whole activities to take place in the space.
For example, a road safety activity that can take place
between the "buildings". build roads and road signs.
Theater performances that will take place not only on the stage
and in front of the curtain, but also from inside the houses.
Photography: Sharon French
