Mystic woodland sanctum for children as contemporary emulation
New building for the Sofie Haug Children’s Day-Care Centre in Tübingen
A hybrid-timber building with a walkout basement set into a slope, blending into the woodland.
The two-storey façade combines charred spruce and glazed teal spruce in a patterned design. The angled, brightly framed entrance opens into the building.
A south-facing balcony with slim steel columns and two hot-dip galvanized steel stairways connect to the playground. Timber and steel form a creative workshop space.
The glazed walkout basement offers an atmospheric movement area, with a supporting structure resembling stylised roots linking architecture and nature.
Light spruce walls rise from an earthy rubber floor; sulphur-yellow oak doors symbolize forest flowers. Window seats and wood wool panels create a blue canopy, highlighting the natural theme.
The staircase combines exposed concrete, spruce timber, and black steel as a tactile element.
Natural materials and colour contrasts fulfil children’s desire for narrative architecture.
Bio Architecture is not objective, but influenced by processes, requirements, budgets and cultural-spatial conditions. Our early cooperation with the client – as early as the task development stage – creates a qualitative coherence between the construction project, urban integration, space, form and material. This not only creates an unmistakable building culture, but also a high level of recognition.
Other prizes 2025 »Beispielhaftes Bauen Landkreis Tübingen 2025«, Chamber of Architects Baden-Württemberg »Architecture & Design Collection Awards 2025 Bronze Winner«, »Educational Facilities (Architecture)«, Architecture & Design Collection Awards »International Architecture Awards 2025«, »Schools and Universities«, The Chicago Athenaeum »French Design Awards 2025 Silver Winner«, »Architectural Design - Educational«, French Design Awards »DNA Paris Design Awards 2025«, »Refurbishment«, DNA Paris »RTF Awards 2025 Second Award«, »Mixed Use (Built)«, Rethinking The Future »IADA Award 2025 Gold«, »Healthcare & Medical Facility Design«, Architecture & Design Community »IADA Award 2025 Silver«, »Renovation, Restoration & Adaptive Reuse«, Architecture & Design Community Architizer A+ Award 2025 - Special Mention BIG SEE Awards 2025 - Winner
