Malvína托儿所丨捷克丨No Architects

Malvína和Eda是要求严格的使用者。一岁后，他们可以露出几颗牙齿微笑或毫不妥协地大哭。他们对建筑不感兴趣，对父母充满依恋，但即使是最好的父母也要投身成人世界一段时间。Malvína和Eda的父母把最珍贵的孩子交给Malvína托儿所，同其他九个月至两岁的孩子待在一起。设计师能够提供什么让小Malvína和Eda满意呢？

Malvína and Eda are exacting clients. Shaped by their one-year long lives, they can show a smile spread across just a few teeth or burst into tears without compromise. They are not interested in architecture. They are passionate about their mum and dad, but even the best of parents are required to join the adult world for a time. They leave their most precious ones in the care of smiling nannies in Malvína Day Nursery among other children between nine months and two years. But what can we offer little Malvína and Eda to make them contented?

▼建筑概览，preview © Studio Flusser

Malvína更懂规矩，与父母进行简短的告别后就开始玩耍，Eda则是犹豫一会儿后才同意父母离开。而他们的父母也觉得告别很难，当显露出离别的压力时，Malvína和Eda就会特别惦记父母。为此，设计师设置了一系列窗户，育幼员抱着孩子们在这里跟父母挥手再见，妈妈们也可以不再难过。此外，爸爸们还可以透过这些窗户轻易地看到寝室和游戏室，确保孩子们不会因他们不在而伤心。老人不便于弯腰，因此设计师专门设计了特殊的台阶，使他们无需弯腰就可以轻松地帮孩子们穿好衣服。更衣室里还设置换衣桌，方便爸爸们哄孩子换衣服。虽然大人的陪伴有助于Malvína和Eda的成长，但这远远不够，他们还需要更多。

Malvína prefers order – a quick goodbye kiss and let’s play! Eda hesitates for a moment but agrees. But what about their parents? They find farewells difficult. When mum and dad are stressed, Malvína and Eda worry about them too much. For this reason, we have installed windows where children, held in the arms of their nannies, can wave a last goodbye and their mums can continue without upset. Another advantage of these windows is the easy view into the bedroom and playroom where dads can rest assured their precious ones are not grieving their absence. Bending can cause troubles for grandmas and grandpas, and for this reason we have designed special steps that remove the need to bend—dressing up is now child’s play. In the changing room can be found a changing table for daddies to have some “fun and games”. While calm, adult company is helpful for Malvina and Eda, it is not enough. They expect more.

▼更衣室，the changing room © Studio Flusser

▼无需弯腰的特殊台阶，special steps removing the need to bend © Studio Flusser

▼形状各异的窗户，windows with different shapes © Studio Flusser

项目还针对工作人员进行了调整。设计师通过缩短和精简运营步骤，使育幼员有更多的时间照看孩子们。在一堵有许多门的墙后面，空间被组织得井井有条，一切都触手可及。这样，托儿所就可以通过门检查育幼员是否在视线内并且集中精力工作。

Adjustments for staff have been made. By shortening and streamlining operating activities, the nannies have more time for Eda and Malvina. The space is organised so that everything is at arm’s length, behind a single wall with many doors. This way, Malvína can check nannies through the doors if they are in view and have their full attention.

▼紧挨更衣室的寝室，the bedroom next to the changing room © Studio Flusser

▼集体寝区，collective sleeping area © Studio Flusser

▼个人寝区，personal sleeping area © Studio Flusser

设计师知悉当下流行开放式厨房。用餐被视为一种集体体验，Eda和他亲密的伙伴坐在他们想要的地方，即育幼员看护下的厨房岛台中央。此外，Malvína喜欢在玩游戏的时候吃零食，所以厨房内设置了低矮的柜台，他可以在任何时候拿到零食。Eda和Malvína需要男女通用的创新型卫生间，育幼员通过窗户注视孩子们回到游戏中，并且可以随时出去，在孩子们需要的时候帮助他们拿衣服或洗手。

We, professionals, know that only open kitchen areas are fashionable nowadays. Due to the fact that dining is seen as a collective experience, Eda and his closest companions are seated where they desire – right under a nanny’s nose, in the middle of the kitchen counter. And since Malvína likes to nibble in the middle of games out of snack time, a low kitchen counter is available, where she can get something whenever she wants. Eda and Malvina accept no conventions. In case they need to use the innovation called toilet, unisex is only acknowledged. Children, carefully watched by the nannies through a window, rush back to their games and require nannies to be able to dart out any time, helping with pieces of clothing or with washing hands when needed.

▼开放式厨房与创新型卫生间，open kitchen and innovative toilet © Studio Flusser

▼孩子们围坐在厨房岛台中央，the children sit in the middle of the kitchen counter © Studio Flusser

▼孩子们在育幼员的看护下用餐 © Studio Flusser children eats under the care of the nanny

Malvína喜欢在黄色垫子上进行疯狂的表演，Eda喜欢创作和绘画，他以不同的姿势进行创作，时而站着，时而坐着或蹲着。他还喜欢和不同年龄和身高的朋友们在一起，因此设计师提供了三种不同高度的桌椅，并且可以自由组合。Malvina和Eda像运动员一样，因此设计师准备了新奇的游戏环境，在这里，他们可以爬上红色的岩洞，也可以躲进蓝色的洞穴中玩耍。儿童室周围藏着许多培养运动技能的小玩具，用来开发他们的智力。

While Malvína prefers doing wild performances on yellow mats, Eda appreciates creating and drawing. Eda, however, chooses different body positions for his creative process – he can be seen standing, then sitting or squatting. He also enjoys involving his friends who are different ages and heights. For these reasons, desks and chairs of three different heights are offered by us and can be furthermore freely combined. Malvina and Eda are athletes and tourists primarily, thus we prepared an adventurous playing environment where they can climb up to the red rocky nest or disappear for research in the blue cave. A lot of small-scale toys for motor skills development are hidden all around the nursery, prepared to tease their intellectual needs.

▼创作和绘画区域，creating and drawing area © Studio Flusser

▼活动区域，activity area © Studio Flusser

▼红色岩洞与黄色垫子，the red rocky nest and yellow mats © Studio Flusser

▼近景，closer view © Studio Flusser

▼蓝色洞穴，the blue cave © Studio Flusser

Eda还希望确保定制家具、定制灯具和音响效果符合规定。Malvína注重回收利用以及消防安全是否达到最高水准。他们认可了室内设计，直到他们出发去花园并查看操场的那一刻，设计师才放下心来。

Eda also wants to be sure that the custom furniture, custom lighting and acoustics meet regulations. Malvína pays attention to recycling and if fire safety is on its highest level. They consider the interior is approved, and we can feel relieved—until the moment they set out to the garden and check the playground area.

▼家具细部，details of furniture © Studio Flusser

▼灯具细部，details of lighting © Studio Flusser

▼改造后平面图，floor plan – design © No Architects

▼改造前平面图，floor plan – original state © No Architects