Bad Blackenburg Influence - Frank Lloyd Wright
Emilia Kightley-Sutter In 1840 a small town in Germany called Bad Blackenburg took the first steps into forming what is now known as kindergarten. Kindergarten was founded and also designed architecturally by a man named Friedrich Frobel. Although the original building is not functioning as a kindergarten anymore it has been transformed into a museum dedicated to Frobels life. Frobel studied architecture at the Frankfurt University in Frankfurt, Germany. His main concept in inventing kindergarten was to protect and shield children from the misery at the beginning of industrialization. He wanted to protect, educate, and prevent them from horrid working conditions for young people. The original design of the building has been completely renovated but the message of educating children has not been dissolved. The architecture and layout of this kindergarten has a huge role on how the children would behave, adapt, and grow. “ Froebel thought existing construction toys, with their realis...