Kindergarten Gampern
A healthy space for the next generation
The construction of the new kindergarten building in Gampern brings huge improvements and benefits for the youngest residents of the municipality with 2,600 inhabitants located north of Lake Attersee. Provisionally, two groups have been given permission to swap their old rooms in the attic of the local elementary school for Kindergarten II, which was completed in 2022. Space is also available for an additional group, as well as a curative education group from the Lebenshilfe organisation, which was able to relocate from Attnang-Puchheim to Gampern.
The design by F2-ARCHITEKTEN was constructed with an efficient and eco-friendly timber structure in coordination with the municipality as contractor. In future, both children pedagogues will benefit from the interior’s positive atmosphere, which promotes the children’s healthy development and offers a pleasant working environment. A photovoltaic system on the roof also ensures independent electricity production and enables energy-efficient heating during the winter months. “Only together can we stop the prevailing climate change and protect our children from its effects,” said Mayor Jürgen Lachinger, who gave the project his full support.
To ensure that the children and their pedagogues were able to move in on time, it was essential for THEURL to maintain the delivery schedule of its prefabricated CLTPLUS, glulam spruce and glulam larch components. For double-sided execution in visible quality, all installation ducts were prefabricated in the factory and only joined together on the construction site, just like a giant jigsaw puzzle, according to a finely tuned plan. Of the approximately 340 m³ of components, 290 m³ were CLTPLUS in industrial quality on both sides with an outer wall thickness of 200, inner wall thickness of 140 and ceiling elements 160 and 220 thick. 42 m³ of the total quantity supplied was spruce glulam and 10 m³ was larch glulam.
The children’s time at Kindergarten Gampern II is imbued with the scents of the forest and feel of the natural wooden surfaces. This encourages them to learn about both the materials and their construction by piquing their natural curiosity through sensory stimulation.
