Üçpınarlar Anaokulu
A world scaled to small hands and curious eyes — an early-learning environment where colour, texture, and spatial variety nurture imagination and independence.
A colorful and safe kindergarten interior designed for children.
Project Narrative
Üçpınarlar Kindergarten was designed from a child's perspective — literally. Every decision was tested at 95 cm eye height. The concept replaces institutional corridors with a village of small rooms, each with its own identity, encouraging children to navigate, choose, and discover.
Workshops with educators revealed that the best early learning happens through self-directed play in varied settings. This guided a plan of interconnected rooms with different ceiling heights, light qualities, and floor textures — soft zones for reading, hard surfaces for building, wet areas for painting.
Rounded corners, non-toxic finishes, and impact-absorbing flooring ensure safety without institutional coldness. A bold colour palette — calibrated with child psychologists — marks each zone: warm yellows for social areas, cool blues for quiet corners, greens for nature-connected spaces.
Teachers report that children move through the space with confidence and autonomy, choosing activities rather than being directed. The kindergarten has become a reference project for child-centred design in the region.
