Footsteps是为北帕默斯顿的基督复临安息日会设计的一所学前教育机构。它位于商业/零售区的一块大地产上，背靠着当地的一所小学。建筑物占据了一半的场地，北边是停车场和花园区。该建筑被推到街道边缘，以便与路人打交道，这与附近的 “大盒子 “零售店不同，后者位于大型停车场后面。
Footsteps is a pre-school designed for the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Palmerston North. It is located on a large property in a commercial/retail area, backing onto a local primary school. The building occupies half the site with car parking and garden areas to the north. The building has been pushed to the street edge to engage with passers-by, different from the ‘big box’ retail outlets nearby, which sit behind large car-parks.
该项目是在相对紧张的预算下建造的，它是基于一个预制的Coresteel屋檐棚结构，在街道边缘有一部分屋顶被抬高，以标志着建筑的存在。彩色面板和垂直韵律被用来强调这一点，并引导游客进入建筑。随机放置的圆形窗户使孩子们能够与街道上的活动接触，反之亦然。圆形图案、俏皮的颜色和有节奏的细节设计点缀了从根本上说只是一个简单的棚子。
The project was built to a relatively tight budget and is based around a prefabricated Coresteel gabled shed structure with a section of roof raised at the street edge to mark the building’s presence. Colored panels and vertical rhythms are used to accentuate this and guide visitors into the building. Randomly placed circular windows allow the children to engage with activity in the street and vice versa. Circular motifs, playful colors, and rhythmic detailing punctuate what is fundamentally just a simple shed.
进入学前教育机构的角度是对角线，在到达接待处前，可以看到室内和室外的游戏空间。进入后，区域被划分为两岁以下和两岁以上的区域。主要的空间是两岁以上的室内游戏区，它的南边有服务空间、厨房和浴室，北边有一个大型的室内/室外区域，在恶劣的天气下可以关闭，它通向宽敞的室外游戏区。
Entry into the pre-school angles into the building on the diagonal, offering views across indoor and outdoor play spaces before arriving at the reception. Once inside areas are divided into under two’s and over two’s. The main space is the over two’s an indoor play area, which has service spaces, kitchen, and bathrooms running along its southern edge, with a large indoor/outdoor area to the north that can be closed off in bad weather, which leads out to generous outdoor play areas.
为了追求经济效益，我们开发了灵活、实用、好玩的家具。桌子被切割成不同形状的三聚氰胺涂层胶合板部分，安装在标准腿上，允许用户根据活动情况创造不同的形状组合。大的排水管被切割并连接在一起，成为袋子的储存区和攀登孔。
Flexible, functional, and playful furniture has been developed with a quest for economy. Tables are cut out in different shaped sections of melamine-coated plywood mounted on standard legs, allowing for users to create varying combinations of shapes depending on activities. Large drainage pipes are cut and joined together to make bag storage areas and climbing holes.
Architects: Parsonson Architects
Area: 360 m²
Year: 2021
Photographs: Paul McCredie
Manufacturers: AutoDesk, James Hardie, Coloursteel, Forbo, JNL, Numat, Velux
Lead Architects: Gerald Parsonson, Craig Burt
Landscaping: O2 Landscapes
Parsonson Architects:Gerald Parsonson, Craig Burt, Sam Donald, Amelia Hoult
City:Palmerston North
Country:New Zealand