In early July 2022 a proposal was submitted for the art-for-architecture competition for the Zagrebplatz nursery school in Mainz. A design, painted on lasered aluminium sandwich panels, is to be added to the façade of vertical boards. The title is “Diversität pur” (Pure Diversity).
Diversity is the stated programme of the nursery school at Zagrebplatz. Diversity means that things that differ come together in a harmonious community in which all are treated equally and can develop equally.
This programme is the content of the image. 21 coloured elements stand for the 21 nations to which the children in this school belong. The elements demonstrate equality through their square shape. They also demonstrate diversity through their different colours. In the same way, they are engaged in a moving dance. And in the same way they are included in a structure of cohesion. They are protected and enclosed. Nevertheless, they can move freely. The whole image is animated by the common nature of the shared visual rhythm and also by the diversity of the colours. The combination of the colours produces a harmonious-sounding tone.
This wall design gives the nursery school a meaningful identifying feature that is conspicuous from a distance.