Green-Roofed Farming Kindergarten Teaches 500 Vietnamese Children How to Grow Their Own Food

If you want to build a society that values sustainable growth and environmental responsibility, the best investment you can make is early education. That's the approach Vo Trong Nghia Architects took in designing their recently completed Farming a space

Farm School in Vietnam by Vo Trong Nghia Architects

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If you want to build a society that values sustainable growth and environmental responsibility, the best investment you can make is early education. That's the approach Vo Trong Nghia Architects took in designing their recently completed Farming Kindergarten, a sustainable educational space topped with an accessible green roof. Located in Dongnai in southeastern Vietnam, this knot-shaped kindergarten was built with interactive energy-saving features to educate preschoolers on the importance of caring for the environment.

If you want to build a society that values sustainable growth and environmental responsibility, the best investment you can make is early education. That's the approach Vo Trong Nghia Architects took in designing their recently completed Farming a space

farming kindergarten green roof

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If you want to build a society that values sustainable growth and environmental responsibility, the best investment you can make is early education. That's the approach Vo Trong Nghia Architects took in designing their recently completed Farming Kindergarten, a sustainable educational space topped with an accessible green roof. Located in Dongnai in southeastern Vietnam, this knot-shaped kindergarten was built with interactive energy-saving features to educate preschoolers on the importance of caring for the environment.

If you want to build a society that values sustainable growth and environmental responsibility, the best investment you can make is early education. That's the approach Vo Trong Nghia Architects took in designing their recently completed Farming a space

Farm School in Vietnam by Vo Trong Nghia Architects

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Built in a tropical climate, the spiraling green roof can stay lush year round and provides more than enough food for its 500 preschool children. Two sloping ends of the triple ring-shaped structure are neatly tucked beneath a raised loop, landing flush with the three inner courtyards. These internal courtyards offer a protected and comfortable play space for the children.

Farm School in Vietnam by Vo Trong Nghia Architects

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Built in a tropical climate, the spiraling green roof can stay lush year round and provides more than enough food for its 500 preschool children. Two sloping ends of the triple ring-shaped structure are neatly tucked beneath a raised loop, landing flush with the three inner courtyards. These internal courtyards offer a protected and comfortable play space for the children.

Vietnamese Farm School Kindergarten

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Built in a tropical climate, the spiraling green roof can stay lush year round and provides more than enough food for its 500 preschool children. Two sloping ends of the triple ring-shaped structure are neatly tucked beneath a raised loop, landing flush with the three inner courtyards. These internal courtyards offer a protected and comfortable play space for the children.

Farm School in Vietnam by Vo Trong Nghia Architects

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Built in a tropical climate, the spiraling green roof can stay lush year round and provides more than enough food for its 500 preschool children. Two sloping ends of the triple ring-shaped structure are neatly tucked beneath a raised loop, landing flush with the three inner courtyards. These internal courtyards offer a protected and comfortable play space for the children.

Farm School in Vietnam by Vo Trong Nghia Architects

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Built in a tropical climate, the spiraling green roof can stay lush year round and provides more than enough food for its 500 preschool children. Two sloping ends of the triple ring-shaped structure are neatly tucked beneath a raised loop, landing flush with the three inner courtyards. These internal courtyards offer a protected and comfortable play space for the children.

Farm School in Vietnam by Vo Trong Nghia Architects

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These outdoor play spaces are also extended onto the vegetated roof, which doubles as an outdoor classroom where children can learn how to grow their own food.

Built in a tropical climate, the spiraling green roof can stay lush year round and likely provide more than enough food for its 500 preschool children.

Vo Trong Nghia Architects farming kindergarten

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Built in a tropical climate, the spiraling green roof can stay lush year round and likely provide more than enough food for its 500 preschool children.

Two sloping ends of the triple ring-shaped structure are neatly tucked beneath a raised loop, landing flush with the three inner courtyards.

farming kindergarten trinity knot

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Two sloping ends of the triple ring-shaped structure are neatly tucked beneath a raised loop, landing flush with the three inner courtyards.

These internal courtyards offer a protected and comfortable play space for the children.

farming kindergarten courtyard

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These internal courtyards offer a protected and comfortable play space for the children.

These outdoor play spaces are also extended onto the vegetated roof, which doubles as an outdoor classroom where children can learn how to grow their own food.

farming kindergarten by Vo Trong Nghia Architects

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These outdoor play spaces are also extended onto the vegetated roof, which doubles as an outdoor classroom where children can learn how to grow their own food.

The Farming Kindergarten received a Silver Provisional Certificate as a pilot project of LOTUS, a green rating system by the Vietnam Green Building Council.

farming kindergarten rendering

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The Farming Kindergarten received a Silver Provisional Certificate as a pilot project of LOTUS, a green rating system by the Vietnam Green Building Council.

An early rendering of the Farming Kindergarten.

farming kindergarten rendering

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An early rendering of the Farming Kindergarten.

Green-Roofed Farming Kindergarten Teaches 500 Vietnamese Children How to Grow Their Own Food

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