Description:

“Ludus” is a term that evokes the notion of play or amusement, but in antiquity, it also referred to elementary and primary schools. This dual significance, where learning and play intersect, defines the concept of playfulness; conceptually, it serves as the foundation of the project.

This fusion is manifested through the analogy of the “”Toy Box,”” a PRISMATIC CONTAINER within which its pieces (TOYS) orbit freely, arranging themselves in countless combinations.

The proposed container establishes a boundary, a structure of control and perimeter protection that mediates the relationship with the outside and aims to provide maximum flexibility and freedom within the educational environments and extension areas, ensuring safety and environmental comfort. Internally, the space is DECENTRALIZED, minimizing travel distances between different services and embracing the principle of ASSISTED EDUCATION as a fundamental operational characteristic at this educational level, where visual interaction with students is essential for teachers. This conceptualization of space within the project is referred to as TOTAL SPACE.

A MULTISCALE CONTAINER, which, based on the FOUR PILLARS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (play, art, literature, exploration of the environment), categorizes typologies of pieces at different scales that are activated through interaction among them, FOSTERING MULTIPLE LEARNING SITUATIONS. This transforms the notion of extension spaces as areas adjacent to the educational environments required by the program, blurring spatial boundaries and proposing continuous spaces that can be associated or separated as needed, forming a dynamic ecosystem, a shared structure enabling the identification of specific outlines under an integrated space conception.