„Tündérkert” Kindergarten, Zsámbék

Architect: Attila Turi
Text: Ágnes Bechtold
Photos: György Dénes

The building of the kindergarten has a dwelling-house design with several details echoing solutions experimented by Turi in residential buildings he designed. Clearly separated in space, functions are easy to recognize: the realm of children occupies the ground-floor, whilst service and ancillary areas (offices, staff changing rooms, washrooms, rest areas) are upstairs. The layout of the floor-plan is also a transparent one: cortile with garden – all-round corridor – on the side of the entrance there are ancillery and service spaces on two levels, whilst the other three sides include activity rooms and a row of washrooms, covered terraces opening from the groups’ rooms offer access to the yard. Every room has a transitory space (terrace), as well as a part of the garden separated with a hedge. The tiny gardens are also premises of environmental education having a key function in the educational programme of the kindergarten: they include „vegetable beds” where every group of children plant vegetables of their own that they continue to take care of.

Architect: Turi Attila – Triskell Kft.
General design: Triskell Kft.
Fellow architects: Terdik Bálint, Kozma Zsuzsanna, Borbás Péter, Tömpe Zoltán
Structure: Baráth Dorottya
Installation: Szalóky László – Kristály Klíma Kft
Electrical engineering: Baráth József – Yomatic Kft
Garden: Buella Mónika – Tájrajz Bt
Interior design: Turi Attila, Borbás Péter – Triskell Kft.
Main contractor: Gomép Kft (Lajosmizse)
Client: Zsámbék Város Önkormányzata