Mi Casita幼儿园和文化中心，由Barker Associates建筑事务所和4|Mativ设计工作室合作设计，位于布鲁克林的一个新的混合用途开发项目中。 该项目要求三间教室在建筑底层占据一个15英尺高的大空间，下层用于支持项目。这个空间围绕着一个L形的槽式水槽组织，成为一个社交聚会场所，同时也作为浴室水槽使用。房间之间用家具进行划分，以提供灵活性，这样空间就可以为特殊活动进行改造，包括由学校的驻校艺术家组织的表演。
Mi Casita Preschool and Cultural Center, designed collaboratively by Barker Associates Architecture Office and 4|Mativ Design Studio is located in a new mixed-use development in Brooklyn. 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 that becomes a social gathering spot and that also functions as a bathroom sink. Divisions between rooms are made with furniture to provide flexibility so that the space can be transformed for special events including performances organized by the school’s artist-in-residence.
学校专注于成为一个 “家外之家”，并从布鲁克林共存的不同文化中学习，这促使设计师在空间设计中融入与家和城市有关的图形元素。夹层上的一个大房子形状的玻璃橱窗将展示与课程有关的季节性展示。墙壁上的房子形状的切口提供了儿童大小的阅读角落和穿过空间的通道。卫生间和水槽周围的瓷砖马赛克上有一个深浅不一的蓝色图形，参考了城市的天际线，并作为一个线性元素在窗饰中得到了呼应。
The school’s focus on being a “home away from home” and learning from the different cultures that coexist in Brooklyn led the designers to incorporate graphic elements relating to home and city in the design of the space. A large house-shaped vitrine on the mezzanine will showcase seasonal displays that relate to the curriculum. House-shaped cutouts in the walls provide child-sized reading nooks and passages through the space. A graphic in shades of pale blue in the tile mosaic around the bathroom and trough sink references the city skyline and is echoed as a linear element in the window treatment.
在整个空间中，色彩被用来制造戏剧性的效果。天花板和灯球上的绿松石给人一种在明亮的蓝天下的感觉。橙色被用于墙壁上的镂空和空间中的重点元素。橙色的楼梯通向家长和工作空间。
Color is used for dramatic effect throughout the space. Turquoise on the ceiling and light globes give the sense of being under a bright blue sky. Orange is used in cutouts in the walls and accent elements in the space. Orange-lined stairs lead down to the parent-co-working space.
Architects : 4Mativ Design Studio, Barker Associates Architecture Office
Area : 2500 ft²
Year : 2019
Photographs :Lesley Unruh
Manufacturers : AutoDesk, Cle Tile, Daltile, Generation Lighting, Robert McNeel & Associates
Lead Architects : Alexandra Barker and Priya Patel
Engineering : Avishay Mazor, PE
Design Team : Christina Ostermier, Esther Beke
City : Brooklyn
Country : United States