Landscape Architects Design Kindergartens In A Mountain Village

 

 

 

 

school of architecture in the construction of a mountain village. New kindergarten full day at school for game design and indoor games are fun outdoors. Integration of indoor games and outdoor combines elements of logic. Landscape design elements of the mountain village school of contemporary architecture. pre-school gym interior design room or indoor play area. The mountainous terrain suitable for nature lovers to play and study by the favorable external environment. kindergarten in the public space and child care centers in the mountain village with a slope.

The function of the kindergarten building in the formulation of fun that children do get bored in school. inside the kindergarten building is divided into several rooms are classrooms for teaching and learning activities and games room. Natural landscape mix with children's playground grass for a large open plaza idea. The school building was constructed with materials of white concrete and oversized windows surrounding it, while wood is used exclusively for the gallery level.

Stone River, by Landscape Architect and Stonemason Jon Piasecki

Stone River is a project by award wining landscape architect and stonemason, Jon Piasecki.

Jon Piasecki is a graduate of Harvard University (with a Masters in Landscape Architecture in 1995), and Cornell University (with a B.S. in forest ecology in 1989). In 2004, he received the Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize awarded by the American Academy in Rome, and was in residence at the Academy in 2005.

Photos By John Dolan, 2009

For this project Jon was commissioned by prominent landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh to build a series of paths through the woods. For many people this task would be done using practicality and functionality, but for Jon, there is much more to it than that.

Jon at work, on Stone River

Jon Piasecki is a very interesting and philosophical man, with a strong personal and professional interest in ecology, and the cultural importance of the land.

In an interview with Orion Magazine, Jon tells of how his aim for this project was to ‘catch people’ coming into the woods, and by way of the stone paths, show them how to slow down a take in all the magic and beauty in the woods, something that many people, living life at 60mph ‘married to the materialistic world’ fail to see or do.

The stones in the path are almost fused together by Jon’s fantastic skill and passion for the project. He would spend hours meticulously shaping each stone until there is just a hairline crack between them.  

I highly recommend checking out this fantastic video by Orion Magazine, in which you can see Jon Piasecki working on the project, and listen to him talk about nature, the woods, and his multi-year stone works project in New York State — Stone River.