St. Sebastian Kindergarten Converted from a Church / Bolles+Wilson

Münster-based architect Bolles+Wilson transformed of an old church into a Kindergarten with the new program cleverly fitted in.

Architects: Bolles+Wilson
Location: Münster, Germany
Photographs: Ahlbrand–Dornseif, R.Wakonigg

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From the architects:

Two leves of kindergarten group rooms are housed within, the roofs of these become an all-weather play deck. Gress green impact-protection flooring and street lights give the play decks the ambience of an outdoor space.

A grid of 50×50 cm unglazed opening, the only originally glazed light source in the church, provide constant, natural ventilation. Cold in winter, comfortably temperate in summer, but always dry, this magical inside/outside space is flooded with light……

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