Three Elephants Kindergarten, Caesarea, Israel

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	Three Elephants Kindergarten
Designer	Knafo Klimor Architects
Location	Caesarea, Israel
Date	2003
Building Type	school
Climate	desert
Context	suburban
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Building Details
Client	Three Elephants Kindergarten
Site	Caesarea, Israel
Program	Kindergarten

To make the Caesarea Kindergarten in Caesarea, Israel friendly and inviting, Knafo Klimor Architects gave a great deal of attention to imagery. The outer walls are rendered in bright colors and carved into shapes that spark the children's imagination for storytelling. The three elephants on the outside walls might also serve to illustrate The Story of the Three Bears. On the interior walls, the elephants metamorphose into hippos, turtles, and other animals. As a clear accommodation for its small occupants, one of the two main-entrance doors is a tot-scaled four feet (1.2 meters) high, reflecting the architects' consideration of the building's users, and creating communication between the building and its dwellers. The building is also a connection to the environment. The kindergarten features an opening to the nature surrounding it, creating immediacy between inside and outside. Another phenomenon of the building is the interplay of light and shade. The natural contrast between light and shade creates a new range of form and color, creating a new architecture. This two-dimensional architecture creates a rich composition of color. ^[1]