Crèche Krausesvej

The local plan allowed for only one story to be built on the site, which was to be used for a day-care center. The architectural challenges were to create enough space inside and out for employees and 36 children on a fairly small site, to ensure enough light for the institution, which is bounded by apartment buildings five and six stories tall, to keep the new building from taking light and air from the neighbours, and especially to create a style that would harmonize with the surroundings. The project met the many physical and functional challenges in an almost pragmatic way. The institution covers nearly the whole site except for a single incision, which lets daylight into the building, on the one hand, and leaves room for an enclosed outdoor space on street level, on the other. It was designed around two parallel slabs. One is the ground and the other is the roof, which is used for outdoor recreational space that is nearly as large as the institution's c. 530 sq. m. of indoor space