Designing Spaces for Children

This title shows how architecture and interior design can promote childhood development: based on historical and current concepts of progressive education, the book sketches design principles for building daycare centres and schools that can also be transferred to other spaces, such as paediatric clinics. Rooms can invite discovery; they can promote communication and social interaction, strengthen self-confidence and be places of retreat or landscapes for play.For years, the Berlin architectural firm baukind has been creatively balancing the strict legal requirements and architectural possibilities of architecture suitable for children—always with a view to children’s needs. The book presents realised projects, such as the Kita Weltenbummler in Berlin, and aims to foster the equal involvement of children in the design of our environment.
ISBN 9783868597172. JOVIS. pb. 192 pages. 270 colour ills. 22 cm x 28 cm.
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