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Yutaka Kindergarten
Yutaka Kindergarten
Saitama, Japan
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Other Projects by SUGAWARADAISUKE Architects Inc.
Yutaka Kindergarten
Saitama, Japan
Project of the Day on Oct 22, 2015
Project Featured on Oct 22, 2015
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2014
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
Undisclosed
Yutaka Kindergarten is built on a steady philosophy of play-based education, encouraging children to develop
their thinking actively. Space that offer diversity of experiences by stimulating children to explore and develop
their thinking was required to practice such education policy. In order to respond to its needs, we traced the word
“kindergarten” to its origin - “children’s garden” - and converted the site into mosaic-like collection of gardens for
diverse activities of children.
Three approaches were adopted to realize the ‘gardens of learning through play’.
First approach is the design of density. The furniture, walls, and playground equipment are distributed inside and
outside, carefully designed to create three different gardens with different densities – ‘Garden of Motion’, ‘Garden
of Stillness’, and ‘Garden with a Roof’. The three gardens are developed seamlessly on the site, which allows
children of different age and body capabilities to coexist, interact, or be separated.
Secondly are the mountain-like walls. The structural walls with openings on the upper half are placed like layers,
creating diverse light, colors, spaciousness and relationships between the loosely separated classrooms. The
layers are aimed to induce children’s motion by controlling children’s views, where in some places they are
blocked, and in some places they are open. Although children’s views range according to its coordinates, the
openings on the walls with a certain scale allow the adults’ views to be open at all times as a matter of
management.
The last is the gloss finished ceiling. The exterior environment are planned to become a forest of biodiversity to
contribute to the education program, and as they change their expression every season and also during the day,
the ceiling reflects and absorbs them to the interior. It is essential to perceive the transitions of natural
environment as infants generate and expand their perception. Moreover, by observing the motion of others that
reflect on the ceiling, children are encouraged to understand the sense of distance between people, establishing
their behavior in society.
Variety of gardens expanded indoors and outdoors, stimulates human instincts to search for adequate
environment, developing infant perceptions and experiences. The mixture of play that children are provided
passively and play that children discover actively, is the very environment to educate infants through experience
and creation.
their thinking actively. Space that offer diversity of experiences by stimulating children to explore and develop
their thinking was required to practice such education policy. In order to respond to its needs, we traced the word
“kindergarten” to its origin - “children’s garden” - and converted the site into mosaic-like collection of gardens for
diverse activities of children.
Three approaches were adopted to realize the ‘gardens of learning through play’.
First approach is the design of density. The furniture, walls, and playground equipment are distributed inside and
outside, carefully designed to create three different gardens with different densities – ‘Garden of Motion’, ‘Garden
of Stillness’, and ‘Garden with a Roof’. The three gardens are developed seamlessly on the site, which allows
children of different age and body capabilities to coexist, interact, or be separated.
Secondly are the mountain-like walls. The structural walls with openings on the upper half are placed like layers,
creating diverse light, colors, spaciousness and relationships between the loosely separated classrooms. The
layers are aimed to induce children’s motion by controlling children’s views, where in some places they are
blocked, and in some places they are open. Although children’s views range according to its coordinates, the
openings on the walls with a certain scale allow the adults’ views to be open at all times as a matter of
management.
The last is the gloss finished ceiling. The exterior environment are planned to become a forest of biodiversity to
contribute to the education program, and as they change their expression every season and also during the day,
the ceiling reflects and absorbs them to the interior. It is essential to perceive the transitions of natural
environment as infants generate and expand their perception. Moreover, by observing the motion of others that
reflect on the ceiling, children are encouraged to understand the sense of distance between people, establishing
their behavior in society.
Variety of gardens expanded indoors and outdoors, stimulates human instincts to search for adequate
environment, developing infant perceptions and experiences. The mixture of play that children are provided
passively and play that children discover actively, is the very environment to educate infants through experience
and creation.
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