The Flance Early Childhood Center in St Louis, Missouri has recently been completed. Designed by Trivers Associates the centre demonstrates a high quality build and an emphasis on promoting a healthy community.
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The centre, offering a community garden for all to look after and enjoy not only reaches out to the wider neighbourhood but teaches children about nurturing natural life and then enjoying healthy eating.
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The kitchen and dining areas (number 7 in the plan below) has been designed as a space for "demonstrations" - showing children and their families how to create delicious healthy food.
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Whilst a "wellness and community classroom" (number 6 above) is another facility that caters for the wider community promoting wellness and acts as a space for hosting community events.
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The building's design combines an approach that is both serious (or sophisticated), yet has an element of fun and lightness.
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The diagram below shows the architect's consideration into how the current areas buildings might better cater to children's needs. The designed porch providing a connection between inside and out, whilst acting further as a transitory space for play.
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Inside a select colour scheme and surface graphics serve to define boundaries and space, while injecting fun and play.
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Outside the dynamic porch balcony, playful feature structural columns, landscaping, colour and material palette (including perforated steel and protruding bricks) combine to create a thoughtful and considered design for it's young users and the wider community.
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Via Trivers Associates.
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