KINDER (!) GARTEN by Josef Starr, Renate Steger, Lois Lammerhuber ( 9783901753602 )

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Title:

KINDER (!) GARTEN

By:

Josef Starr, Renate Steger, Lois Lammerhuber

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Hardback

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3901753605

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9783901753602

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IMAGES PUBLISHING GROUP PTY LTD

Pub. date:

28 August, 2013

Pages:

608

Description:

KINDER (!) GARTEN . documents the changes in the kindergartenscape of Lower Austria between 2008 and 2012. An architectural effort without parallel anywhere on the globe.

Synopsis:

*This book showcases the concurrent approaches of one generation of architects (204 individuals) to creating buildings for the same function*Unites architectural positions on one functional theme*Reflects current architectural theories on kindergartens in terms of 'form follows function'*Compiles a series of new landmark buildings in rural areas as a manifestation of a certain aesthetic arriving in non-urban places*This book attempts to answer the question: will architecture be a teacher? For decades municipalities in Lower Austria have cooperated with the provincial government to provide families with - mostly free - kindergarten places near their homes. In December 2007 regulations came into force that allow children from the age of two-and-a-half to enter kindergarten, as opposed to the age of three previously. This led to the creation of additional kindergarten places. From 2008 and almost concurrently, more than three hundred municipalities set out to implement this expansion program. Within three years 667 additional classes were created and some 65% of the infrastructure of Lower Austrian public kindergartens renovated.This enormous number of architectural impulses has literally reformed the kindergarten scene in Lower Austria like nothing that went before. A unique architectural, logistic and economic achievement and an infrastructure project without parallel anywhere in the world.

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565 Colour

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Australia

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Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd

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