Kita Moorstücken, Bad Bramstedt

Kita Moorstücken, Bad Bramstedt

Competition Kita Moorstücken,
Bad Bramstedt

The town of Bad Bramstedt intended to build a new daycare center at the “Moorstücken” site.

In the restricted architectural competition with 15 participating offices, a building and the necessary outdoor facilities for a daycare center with 9 groups were to be designed.

On the 4,000 m2 site, a daycare center with a usable area of approx. 1,100 m2 was planned, which would provide long-term care for 130 children between the ages of 1 and 6 (school entry) in nine inclusive, mixed-age groups.

The aim of the competition was to develop a high-quality urban and architectural design for the KITA and to design sufficient multifunctional open spaces in line with requirements.

Funktionsschema Wettbewerb Kita Moorstücken

Project data

Place: Moorstücken, 24576 Bad Bramstedt
Builder: City of Bad Bramstedt
Procedure: restricted competition
Competition: 02/2021
Planning: 2021 – 2022
Construction time: 2022 – 2023
Costs: n.A.
Net Floor Area: 1.199 m²
Total Area: 1.771 m²
Gross volume: 6.867 m³
Visualization: MOOD

Black plan

Urban development

The small-scale nature of the area, characterized by detached residential buildings and a few larger buildings in the south, is clearly visible on the black plan.

The space required for the daycare center with nine groups threatens to break the urban structure, regardless of whether it is a one- or two-storey building. Rather, it is important to design a structure in which small units are visible to children in accordance with their limited field of vision, enabling orientation and occupation. The comb structure was therefore chosen as a building form that allows for differentiated access on the inside and also makes intimate and open areas possible on the outside.

Site map

Internal structure and organization

The internal organization and structure is supported by the interior design. The vestibule is generously laid out so that baby carriages, handcarts, street shoes and jackets can be stored and the hustle and bustle of arrivals and departures can be kept under control. The vestibule and the main road as an access route are covered with brick paving to reinforce the character of the enclosed outdoor space. After the entrance, children and accompanying parents reach the conical checkroom corridors in front of the group rooms. The further one approaches the destination, the more intimate and narrow the corridor becomes, the details and design of which are familiar to the children as “residents”, just like the adjoining group room.

Wettbewerb Kita Moorstücken Skizze Sonnenuhr

The route to the communal dining room or the sports room via the main street also represents a change of environment, which is important for variety and differentiation between play, playful learning and communal eating.

Details such as the sundial behind the porch are playful elements that arouse interest and naturally teach children to tell the time.

The structure of the house makes it possible to separate the age groups and also to mix some groups as desired. The primary aim of the design is to take the child’s scale into account.

First floor plan

Materiality and design

When choosing the materiality and coloring of surfaces, natural materials should be given preference over artificial, coated materials so as not to overstimulate the senses. The children’s equipment, toys and clothes themselves bring sufficient color into the rooms. The interior design should therefore follow the principle of giving preference to natural materials and natural surfaces over colored and artificial materials. Wooden parquet floors, wall surfaces made of clay panels and acoustically effective light-colored perforated plasterboard ceilings are essential and tangible surfaces.

Sustainability through the use of materials made from renewable raw materials with reusability before recycling, downcycling or disposal will be at the forefront of the choice of building materials.

Skizze Wettbewerb Kita Moorstücken Erschließungsstraße

Development road

Skizze Wettbewerb Kita Moorstücken - Blick in die Straße

View into the street

Outdoor facilities

The assigned courtyards in the outdoor area and the open free play area are sufficiently large and allow for differentiation in order to offer children age-appropriate areas that correspond to their urge to move. Canopies on the airlocks from the corridor to the outside and awnings in the outside area provide protected zones to create quiet sleeping and play areas in the respective courtyards.

The entire outdoor area is left in its natural state and designed with natural play landscapes. Simple and natural play landscapes, such as the willow tepee, the willow tunnel, the wooden log for balancing or the climbing course on the heaped-up slope or in the natural terrain are preferred to the artificially designed equipment.

Außenanlagen Wettbewerb Kita Moorstücken Sandkasten mit Sitzstämmen

Sandpit with seat logs

Außenanlagen Wettbewerb Kita Moorstücken Kletterstämme

Climbing pole

Außenanlagen Wettbewerb Kita Moorstücken Kletterbrücke

Climbing bridge

Außenanlagen Wettbewerb Kita Moorstücken Materpfahl

Matter pole

Außenanlagen Wettbewerb Kita Moorstücken Balancierpfad auf Rundstämmen

Balancing trail on round logs

Außenanlagen Wettbewerb Kita Moorstücken Schwengelpumpe mit Rinnen aus Holzbrettern

Swing pump with
Channels made of wooden boards

Außenanlagen Wettbewerb Kita Moorstücken Balancierbrücke

Balancing bridge

Außenanlagen Wettbewerb Kita Moorstücken Weidentipis und Weidentunnel

Willow tipis and willow tunnels

Design and construction methods

The building is designed as a timber construction with insulation materials made from renewable raw materials. Exterior walls in large panel construction insulated with cellulose, clad on the inside with clay building boards and an outer skin clad with rhombus wood formwork.

The wide-span roof construction is made with double-hinged glulam trusses and purlins suspended between them as well as an extensively greened warm roof, insulated with lignin-bound soft wood fiber boards.

The floor slab is insulated on the underside with expanded glass granulate. The floor slab, the clay building boards and the storage-capable insulation boards in the roof in conjunction with the green roof provide sufficient storage mass. At the same time, the use of sorption-capable materials has a positive effect on the moisture balance in the building.

The static heating should be designed as underfloor heating or in combination with wall heating. Heat should be generated by means of a heat pump; in this case, cooling could be used in the summer months. In principle, however, the option of pre-cooling at night in summer should be used. For this purpose, opening flaps on the south and north façades are automatically opened at night depending on the temperature difference.

The use of daylight is maximized by the building’s position and orientation towards the light. The use of LED lights is a technical standard.

Fassadenteilschnitt- und Ansicht Wettbewerb Kita Moorstücken

Facade section and view