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Bambinos International Learning Center

Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture
Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture

BAMBINOS INTERNATIONAL LEARNING CENTER

Scott Edwards Architecture

AREA
762.0 m2

YEAR
2008

LOCATION
Hood River, OR 97031, USA

CATEGORY
Learning

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Bambinos International Learning Center is an organization which believes that their facilities should be much more than places where parents leave their children for care; they are dynamic learning environments in which children flourish.

Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture
Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture

The facility accommodates 100 children aged 4 weeks to 12 years by offering Kindergarten, Pre-school, Toddlers, Infant and After School care.

The initial massing concept was inspired by a child's toy blocks. The volumes that house classrooms are twisted in plan to create a playful feeling both inside and outside the building.

Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture
Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture

The cedar wrapped boxes of the classrooms alternate with deeply recessed service areas, allowing the identity of each classroom to be expressed on the building exterior while a simple inverted truss roof provides a unifying element in contrast to the dynamic geometries.

A central lobby space flows to a covered exterior courtyard and intersects a single circulation spine which clearly organizes the building.

The angled walls of the classrooms create eddies in the flow of traffic and encourages a variety of movement and play.

Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture
Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture
Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture

The entry to each classroom is given a unique identity through the use of translucent wall panels that encase natural materials such as leaves, flowers and blades of grass.

Abundant natural light is introduced in to the interior of the building through skylights, punctuating classroom nodes in the corridor and reinforcing the paths of access.

Within the classrooms, the children are encouraged to explore the outside world through windows whose placement specifically highlights the ground, horizon or sky.

Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture


Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture
Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture
Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture
Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture
Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture
Bambinos International Learning Center
© Scott Edwards Architecture


Bambinos International Learning Center


Bambinos International Learning Center
Site Plan
Bambinos International Learning Center
Floor Plan


Bambinos International Learning Center
Bambinos International Learning Center

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