30. 12. 2015
The
new kindergarten Vesninka designed by Slovenian architect Jure Kotnik,
opened its doors in the city of
Minsk and stands as a great example ofa modern European sports
kindergarten, built using
the latest architectural standards
and high quality natural materials which are environment and health
friendly. Wood as a building material
enables the healthiest living environment, it is environmentally sound
and highly energy-efficient. The wooden prefabricated kindergarten
Vesninka brings a
number of innovations to the Belarusian environment. This is the first
public facility certified
A+ as the highest
class of energy-efficient and
energy-saving building. Moreover, it is
also the first prefabricated wooden public building in
Belarus.
The
facility was built based on EUdesign guidelines and constructed
with minimal modifications necessary to adapt to the Belarusian standards. The kindergarten
represents a modern and different concept of
construction and use of the
building.
The essential solutions are
represented by a playroom, which also serves as a
bedroom with a large emphasis on play time as well as
movement and motor learning for children. There is also a large common
sports gymnasium, an amphitheater, etc. This kindergarten represents a pioneering project for children daycare, with an emphasis on openness,
movement, sport and creativity. A lot of ideas in this area were
contributed prof. Mojmir Flisek. The innovative solutions of the Vesnjanka
kindergarten put it on the global map of modern day nurseries.
Apart from the traditional
kindergarten program, the design of the kindergarten Vesninka also contains a
number of elements which pay particular attention to the development of motor
skills through play and sports. This is also reflected in the furniture.For
example, school desks, which are also soccer goals, demountable stands with
which we can create different spatial elements. A ballet hall, a sports gym
with a climbing wall and a playground for games with a game console, which will
undoubtedly place the kindergarten Vesninka on the top of technologically
advanced sports kindergartens. Inside
the kindergarten there is also a small space for theater and music, as well as
a testing ground for learning traffic education, which passes through several playrooms
and through a spacious multipurpose room. The
rooms inside the kindergarten are designed to be open, so that the activities
can be linked and complemented. The
new kindergarten also differs from other children daycare institutions by the
fact that there are no strict dividing lines between the spaces in the nursery
and almost no corridors because the playrooms are accessed through the
multipurpose room.
The exterior of the
kindergarten has a specially designed
area for a series of sports and other activities. There we find the first
football field in the world that
has an elliptical shape, an athletic
platform and a multipurpose
hill that will allow sledding, skiing and
other motoric activities. Unlike
traditional kindergarten, Vesninka has more free grass areas where one
can organize various sports polygons orraces of cross-country skiing which is very popular in Belarus.
The design
of the kindergarten, which will offer its hospitality to 100 toddlers,
involved various experts in the fields
of sports and education of children from different European countries. As a
kindergarten with an emphasis on sport this project will certainly be an important enrichment of the existing network of kindergartens
in the Belarusian capital.
The company Riko, who took over as the general construction contractor of the kindergarten brought
together knowledge and solutions
of many Slovenian companies: Riko Haus for prefabricated wooden structures and wooden facade, Inles
for external windows and doors, LINDAB IMP Klima for air conditioning, Mik Celje for ventilation
with MIKrovents, Klima
Petek for mechanical
installations, LESING for interior furnishings and Elan for sports equipment.