設計実績

This is a project to reconstruct a historic kindergarten located in a hilly residential area in Tama-ku, Kawasaki City, in conjunction with the conversion to a certified childcare center.In designing this project, we aimed to create an environment with a "play ring structure" that emphasizes circulation and diversity to foster the children's activities and nurture their energy, courage, and perseverance, which is the educational policy of the kindergarten.The school consists of a wooden nursery school building (for children aged 1 and 2) and a RC kindergarten building (for children aged 3 to 5), both of which are located at different levels on the site, and each is connected by an interior corridor and exterior balcony, allowing the children to move around the school as a whole.The nursery building on the northwest side of the site is a small, two-story wooden building.The residential-like space and the warmth of the wood create a calm and comfortable environment for the small children.The wooden deck facing the infant garden is a spatial device that allows children to expand their activities as they grow.The RC kindergarten building, which surrounds the infant yard on the south side, is a two-story building with one basement level, consisting of a playroom with net play equipment on the basement level, nursery rooms facing the yard on the first and second floors, an indoor swimming pool, studio space, and other facilities.The balcony, corridors, a large staircase with a deck that also serves as the roof of the playroom, and a net playground equipment that can be accessed from the atelier space on the second floor to the playroom in the basement allow children to play around in a three-dimensional space, expanding the possibilities and diversity of their play and activities.The "Dandan Terrace," a large stair-like wooden deck facing the school yard, was planned as a three-dimensional place for children to stay, connecting the first floor yard and the second floor.The terrace also serves as a stage for children's play, with a function of observation and hiding.In the center of the partition wall between each nursery room in the kindergarten building is a series of windows to improve visibility and ventilation within the building.The children can also play in the "Mado Terrace," a loft playground that doubles as a locker.This is a unique mechanism that allows both children and staff to communicate easily and look out for each other.