Mix kids

Gender-neutral after-school daycare

Date: 2021

Location: Buchelay (78)

Area: 90 m²

Context: School Project

Mix Kids is a gender-neutral after-school daycare, which promotes diversity between children, girls and boys, young and old.

This daycare is divided into 5 activities - creation, construction, motor skills, reading and theater - meeting the needs of children and creating a link between school and home. Each of these activities is defined in a space so that the child can easily find his way and have a better understanding of the place. They are signified by logos allowing young and old alike to understand.

The layout of these spaces respects the child's rhythm by recommending an environment conducive to their development. They offer various activities and uses promoting diversity (daydreaming, creativity, imagination, discovery, manipulation, mutual aid, etc.). They allow each child to make the spaces their own. The modules allow both independent play and with supervision, as well as collective or individual play. They promote the socialization of children and make them responsible in the choice of their activities.

The daycare is intended to be minimalist, deliberately devoid of decoration or colors, so that each space is in harmony with the others and the children feel like they are in one place. The goal being that it is the children themselves who furnish the space.