Mi Casita Preschool and Cultural Center
BAAO + 4Mativ Design Studio
Mi Casita Preschool and Cultural Center, designed collaboratively by BAAO Architects and 4|MATIV Design Studio is located in a new mixed-use residential development in Brooklyn.
Mi Casita 幼兒園和文化中心由BAAO Architects 和 4|MATIV Design Studio 合作設計，位於布魯克林的一個新的混合用途住宅開發區。
The program called for three classrooms to occupy a large space with 15' ceilings on the ground floor of the building with a lower level for support programming. The space is organized around an L-shaped trough sink area that connects easily to each of the classrooms and becomes social gathering space/ play area.
該專案要求三間教室佔據建築物底層 15呎天花板的大空間，較低的樓層用於支援可節目化。 該空間圍繞一個 L 形槽形水槽區域組織，該區域可輕鬆連接到每個教室，並成為社交聚會空間/遊樂區。
Divisions between rooms are made with low furniture to provide flexibility so that the space can be transformed for events including performances organized by the school's artist-in-residence programs, but also to bring light deep into all the spaces since there is only one wall of large 15’ high windows.
房間之間的分隔是用低矮的家具來提供靈活性，這樣空間就可以靈活轉變，包括學校駐場藝術家項目組織的表演，同時也可以將光線深入所有空間，因為只有一堵牆 15 英尺高的大窗戶。
The school’s focus on being a “home away from home” and learning from different cultures inspired the design of graphic elements relating to home and city. House-shaped cutouts in the walls at both adult scales and child scales provide child-sized reading nooks and passages through the space. The central bathroom and trough sink area’s graphic tile pattern references the city skyline and is echoed as an element in the window treatment and the school’s branding.
學校專注於成為“家外之家”和學習不同文化，激發了與家和城市相關的圖形元素的設計。 成人尺寸和兒童尺寸的牆壁上的房子形狀的凹陷切口提供了兒童大小的閱讀角落和穿過空間的通道。 中央浴室和水槽區域的圖形瓷磚圖案參考了城市天際線，並作為窗飾和學校品牌的元素呼應。