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Day Care Center at Technical University Graz

This is a project by Hans Mesnaritsch and it is located at Graz, Austria. Project's program: Day care center. There are six images for Day Care Center at Technical University Graz.

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Project details

Project name: Day Care Center at Technical University Graz
Location: Graz, Austria
Program: Day care center
Area: Site Area: ~9,500 m2 • Built-up Area: ~2,600 m2
Year: Completion: 2011
More details: Cost of Construction: ~5 Million €
Client: BIG Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft
Project by: Hans Mesnaritsch
Team: Principal Designers: Hans Mesnaritsch, Franz-Georg Spannberger • Design team: Michaela Zopf, Johanna Kliment, Alfred Wirschke
Others: Structural Planning: Peter Mandl • Building Equipment Planning: TB Ing. Werner Lang • Electrical Planning: PI Planungs • Façade System Planning: F|O|B Face of Buildings • Light Planning: Licht-Innovativ • Building Physics: Rosenfelder & Höfler

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Designer's statement

The detached, east-west facing facility is a two-story building, located on the campus “Inffeldgruende” of the Technical University Graz. It houses a nursery (four groups) and a kindergarten (two groups) for the children of the employees of the Technical University as well as a ‘drop-in’ group for the children of students.

The generous windows in the rooms of the playgroups allow for a lot of daylight on the inside. Terraces, located directly in front of them, act as spatial outdoor extension. On the inside, openings between group rooms and the central hallway generate a line of sight and support the contact between the different groups.

Internal cores include sanitary facilities and supply units. These cores are covered with a colorful pattern; windows connect them to the hallways.

The ample, wood-covered terrace on the first floor compensates for a deficit of playing areas on the ground and offers a diverse quality of outside playing areas.