Karin Dom Foundation New Building

Karin Dom foundation new building for special needs children
Location:       Varna, Bulgaria
Area:             2450m2
Year:              2020​​​​​​​
Status:          competition entry

Main Concept:
Using the building as a life oasis for the children, where the jungle like elliptical court is in the heart of the building. We wanted
to create a secure controlled jungle like outdoor environment for the children playground, so they can interact with the tree-full space in the heart of the court. From another point it helped us to save as much trees as we can to maximize the environmental impact to and of the building.
The main idea was creating a two levels courtyard, one on the ground level, the other on the roof level, the first elliptical courtyard where all the children can enjoy the trees & organic paths with a lot of sand boxes. The second one is an almost circular like courtyard where they can run, play and enjoy the sunlight and the running tracks

Building characteristics: 
The building was designed to show a childish home building that is familiar in the children drawings although it fits with context due to the presence of the pitched roof in the surrounding buildings
Also the cubical form of the other part of the building was designed to give a dynamic mass articulation thus never feel with a boring mass
Beside that there was the brick shaped glass bridge which consists of two main calming colors green and blue 
Using the elliptical shaped court to increase the surrounding intimacy and no corners and helped us to make a walking ramp from the ground to the first floor

Karin Dom Foundation New Building
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Karin Dom Foundation New Building

Karin dom foundation new building competition proposal for special needs children

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