Curved walls, peek-a-boo windows, bright colours and hanging pockets from the ceiling – these pages out of a Grimm Fairy Tale or Arabian Nights find their way into this contemporary school in Bengaluru that redefines a child’s domain.
The school, Planet Kids is designed by the firm Cadence with principal architects Narendra Pirgal, Smaran Mallesh and Vikram Rajashekar. Due to space constraints, instead of a lateral span, the institution is spread vertically over five floors and includes the terrace and basement. The designers have worked the vertical ascent to their favour with the clever use of architectural tools like colours and negative-positive spatial dynamics.
‘Childhood fantasies’, which was the underlying theme, reaches out to all the moment one steps onto the premises. Shocking pink and bright green burst and scatter their aura onto the grey background, just like bubbles of energy. In this world of new generation smart schools, this space is an example of how a ‘child friendly school’ can easily be a reality in spite of space constraints.
