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What better place to learn your ABC’s and 123’s than inside of a giant building shaped like a cat?

The kids who attend Kindergarten in Karlsruhe, Germany, do so in a giant feline.

Constructed in 2011 and designed by artist, Tomi Ungerer and architect, Ayla Suzan Yöndel, the whimsical kindergarten is in a big white cat building that includes a door for a mouth below a whisker-lined nose, windows for eyes, and a classroom in its belly. For added fun, kids can even ride down its tail that doubles as a slide.

In terms of architecture that inspires a playful imagination, the Kindergarten Wolfartsweier is remarkable for its embrace of an alternative, animalistic design for what a school can be.

“design is where science and art break even.”

-robin mathew(s)

 

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source credits: Atlas Obscura, My Modern Met, Milk magazine, inthralled.com,

 

 

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  1. I’m not surprised that Ungerer is behind this fantastic venue. I loved his dark, often satirical and often ‘unkind’ work. I have his songbook, books and owned posters of his work. He had an unusually ‘twisted’ mind and wasn’t ever holding back his views.
    To be a kid in this Kindergarten sounds a hoot!!!

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