Buttress Architects | Essex Way Nursery

Jointly funded by Trafford Council and the Big Life Company, whose ethos is ‘opportunity for all’, the Essex Way nursery provides childcare for 100 children up to the age of 7 years old.
The building is a simple linear shape with childcare rooms set away from the main road facade and buffered acoustically by a long corridor epitomised by long child height windows. Entry to the building is highlighted with bright colours on the facade and leads to a double height reception.

The playground, facade, again is epitomised by bright primary colours and fenestration into the childcare rooms is designed to make them bright and animated whilst avoiding excessive solar heat gain in summer.