Mantanani Kindergarten

Client: Camps International
Project: Community Kindergarten
Role: Design, Supervision & Capacity Building
Status: On site
Design Team: Ian Hall, Eoghan Hoare, Michelle Martin, Hasmartina Celestial

Mantanani Kindergarten sketchup

Pre-schools are a staple project for volunteer organisations in Sabah due to erratic funding from central government. This kindergarten is planned on split levels to make the most of a narrow site next to the existing school.

It has a high ceiling to allow hot air to rise out of the way and is clad in woven panels which will allow the building to breath and let in diffuse light through the loose weave. The substructure and lower level is concrete block and the upper level and superstructure is built from Mantanani Island driftwood.

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