A Joyful Pre-School in the Suburbs, Mumbai Educational Facility, Indian Architecture, Images
A Joyful Pre-School in the Suburbs of Mumbai
Educational Facility Development in India – design by SDM Architects
7 Jan 2019
A Joyful Pre-School in the Suburbs
Dsign: SDM Architects
Location: Mumbai, India
A Joyful Pre-School
The design ideology for this pre-school has been freedom of exploration, observation and learning. With these three basic principals of the school as the benchmark we designed a joyful environment for children of age group from 1.5 years to 6 years of age.

The intent has been to create a serene and simple space for young minds to explore without too much of clutter of furniture or toys and not even with over exaggerated wall articulation (with cartoon characters, etc as commonly done in huge no of franchisee model pre-schools in India).
This pre-school is designed within an overall area of 2,400 sq.ft. which includes open classrooms, multipurpose room, day care space, administration room, pantry, toilets, etc. Each classroom can accommodate approximately 20 to 22 kids along with 2 teachers and 1 nanny at any given point of time. Each room is well lit up with natural light, ventilation, view and artificial lights.

Every classroom is divided into two to four zones which are meant for gross motor skills, dramatic play, sensory area and creative zone. Within the interior designed space, we have managed to avoid any narrow dark passage spaces and tried...