Nests
Stephan Wise Free Synagogue
New York, NY
800 Sq. Feet
800 Sq. Feet
2013
The Balfour Brickner Early Childhood Center is a Reggio Emilia inspired pre-school, based on the principles of respect, responsibility, community, and learning through exploration and discovery.
The physical environment is crucial to Reggio Emilia’s early childhood programs and the schools are generally filled with plants, and awash with natural light. Our challenge for this project was to create this sense of a natural outdoor space in a boxy, interior room with no windows.
We brought the outdoors inside by creating three nests, which provide a variety of experiences, and encourage group play as well as independent exploration.
Services Provided
Exhibit development, narrative statements, concept sketches, artist’s renderings, models, plans, elevations, construction drawings, fabrication, and installation.