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![Råå Day Care Center / Dorte Mandrup - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/546f/ce40/e58e/ced6/1f00/0048/newsletter/DMA_Raa_14_AM.jpg?1416613421)
Text description provided by the architects. Råå Forskola, a kindergarten, is situated on the scenic beach between the old Råå School and the Sea/Øresund. The building is based on the surrounding landscape, with its flat slightly sloping dunes and the distinctive typology of the small fishermen houses.
![Råå Day Care Center / Dorte Mandrup - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/546f/cdc0/e58e/ce22/9500/0042/newsletter/DMA_Raa_02_AM.jpg?1416613289)
The institution comprises four groups of children, each with its own group room. The four group rooms identify themselves to the facade as gable of a fisherman house. Located between the gables are the common spaces. Large windows in the facade and roof create a close contact with the sea and the surrounding landscape, and provides ideal daylight conditions all year round.
![Råå Day Care Center / Dorte Mandrup - Shelving, Table, Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/546f/cd8d/e58e/ce20/5e00/0052/newsletter/56_018_Raa_Forskola_083_H.jpg?1416613239)
The group rooms are visually enclosed by “bookcase-walls” made of plywood. Together with the green floor they create a fluent spatial experience and consistency and transparency through the entire institution. The institution is linked to the existing school and in the connection a cave-like space for wardrobes are created.
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Sheltered from the Sea/Øresund toward the old school, a playground is situated. Facing the Sea/Øresund the natural flora of the beach has been replanted. The project has been a long time coming, beginning in 2008, in close dialogue with the future users.
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Originally published on 26 November, 2014.