Cradles to Crayons Daycare
Centerville, Ohio
This privately-owned and operated daycare provides services to children from age 6 weeks to 5 years of age. The building is designed for 100 children. Occuping the site of a former farm house and barn, the building’s design recalls the agrarian structures that once dotted the rural landscape of the local area.
The form of the building is additive in nature and reflects the nature of how barns were altered over years of use. The walls are punched with primary window shapes as to provide a playful feeling both on the interior and exterior of the classrooms. Classrooms are grouped by two’s with a service core between each unit. The service core is reflected on the exterior with the child-drawn likeness of a house. The central form of the building houses a water play and art area, a two story multi-purpose room and kitchen.