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Think of a school and the image of narrow corridors and cramped classrooms with wooden benches comes to mind. Elaborating on the project’s non-linear nature, the architect says the classrooms have been designed to have different seating options “to give the educator freedom to conduct the class in different ways”. For instance, a child could lie down on a longer arc and read a book, or a group of 3-4 friends could make their own cluster with smaller pieces.” Kai Early Years, Bengaluru Year: 2019 A resource-rich environment that “doesn’t necessarily dictate when to learn, where to learn, or even how to learn”, Kai Early Years is starkly different from a conventionally modelled school, says Bipin Bhadran, Managing Director, Education Design International, the firm behind the school’s design. “The exterior sound garden and internal slide from one floor to the other are other interesting elements for adults as well as children who indulge in creative play on a regular basis,” says Bipin, who is now working on similar projects at Inventure Academy in Bengaluru, Greenvalley International School in Chennai, and Pune’s Wellington College. “Space impacts the way humans think, cooperate, reflect, and learn and we wanted to design a school space in such a way that it is used as an aid in learning and not as an impediment.” Elaborating on the project’s interactive features, Vishnu says with no classroom walls, and corridors integrated into the classrooms helped make one large learning unit.