Ny York Culture Kindergarten, Oslo

Ny York kindergarten is located by the Akerselva River in an existing 19th century building. It caters for 65 children in four groups, organised around a common auditorium stair for joint events: Music, theatre, play and dance.

The scale has been manipulated in a continuous sequence of compressed and open spaces, some accessible only for children. The large auditorium stair is a large piece of furniture tying the smaller rooms together.

Space Group also conducted a study where the children were given video cameras to record their experience of the spaces.