Vibrant, Daring, Ephemral, Wild - Casa Montessori & Orff School, Winnipeg

The Casa Montessori & Orff school has moved to a new location in an industrial area seven years ago.

The spatial concept hints at the postglacial history of Manitoba’s ‘landscape biography’.

This project achieves beauty and learning through the life and health of a ‘non-domesticated’ environment.

There is room for gardens, asphalt art, performances, and ball games between drop off and pick up time.

The complex topography encourages children to go on playful expeditions.

Children, parents and teachers work together on the Veggie Hill to cultivate their gardens.

The delicately sculpted modelling of the earth makes the Kids Nest into a remarkable spatial experience.

Materials and spaces are activated and deactivated by the children.

The minimalist elements of this ‘eventful’ framework invite a broad range of interpretations and interests.

We applied our notion of ‘Radical Play’ through spatial design practice.

If you believe in childish creativity it doesn’t take much to provide a stage for illusions and sustainable learning.

The dream was to design a playground for the children's physical, mental, emotional and spiritual growth.

There is no conventional play structure and we feel it is not needed.

An ‘eventful’ framework for children and plants.

A sustainable space that places the highest priority on children and nature.

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Vibrant, Daring, Ephemral, Wild - Casa Montessori & Orff School, Winnipeg

Straub Thurmayr Landscape Architects, Dietmar Straub & Anna Thurmayr

La transformation physique de l’aire de jeu extérieur de Montessori repose sur le concept de l’expérimentation et la créativité enfantines. Les matériaux et les espaces sont activés et désactivés par les enfants, fluctuant librement entre la permanence, le désordre et le sens du temporaire. La règle d’or est de trouver la beauté dans la spontanéité et l’imperfection.