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PROPOSED KINDERGARTEN
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CASE STUDY 1
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The kindergarten building was built based rooftop helps children to build their
on the concept that “a kindergarten building strength. Open spaces like the lunchroom
is a huge playground for children’s growth, a and the cafeteria can be used for child-
tool for fostering children.” That there are raising support, thereby encouraging
horizontal and vertical directions of flow for interaction with the local community.
children between the courtyard and the
The reason for taking Fuji Kindergarten as represented overall best examples of
my case study is because Fuji educational environments that meets the
Kindergarten is one of the most outstanding needs of students and communities
example that is so of educational building. It providing stimulating and caring
was selected because as juries said it environment for learning and play.
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This design is striking, in many ways Designed to facilitate play and child
spectacular, and also playful. It succeeds in development based around Montessori
combining a clear and legible form while principles, Fuji Kindergarten is an elegant
integrating the mature trees into the new school. One of the largest pre-primary
building. facilities in Japan, the kindergarten can
It is a building where play and learning are accommodate more than 600 children,
intelligently nurtured, where the building is providing welcome capacity in a city that
grounded in the earth and linked to the sky. has a long waiting list for nursery places.
Skylights which allow children to look below while playing at roof deck
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Skylights which allow children to look below while playing at roof deck.
The oval-shaped building makes full use of the tight urban site. The design maximizes the space
available for secure but unconstrained play, with a roof deck running around the entire single-
story structure and a large enclosed central courtyard. Three mature zelkova trees have been
incorporated into the building, protruding through the roof to form a green canopy that
provides welcome shade for part of the roof deck in summer.
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of non-directed play and classrooms, and children there are many wooden
discovery, there is no fixed can move between class boxes that are used to
play equipment on the roof groups. When they have a partition smaller areas or
or in the courtyard, with problem, they can ask any to provide additional
the exception of a slide of the staff for help, and benches for seating. These
linking the roof to the they can join a group or boxes are also used to
ground. play alone as their mood store play items, learning
and curiosity dictates. materials and children’s
coats and shoes. This
Open interiors All furniture can be easily provides great flexibility,
The school has been rearranged to and the interior space is
designed to allow children accommodate different frequently reconfigured
to mix and move around at group sizes and different through the year.
will. There are no fixed activities. As well as chairs
walls between the and desks for the children,
Teaching spaces open out onto the courtyard. Boxes used to store play items, learning materials,
children coats and shoes.
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Pupils playing at the courtyard plus a slide linking the roof to the courtyard
There is a handrail that goes along the oval shaped roof top that prevents children from falling.
The space between the handrails is the 10 cm which is big enough to stick your legs and arms,
but not his or her head.
Another characteristics, the roof is only 2.1 meters in heights, so that kindergarteners can be
seen easily from ground floor. This is enhanced by the rooftop slanting towards inside
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There is a big tree 27 what the soil is, so we try from falling while also
meters in high. it is to not interfere with the providing a playful area for
difficult to keep the tree tree, and this is how we kids when falling into the
which is nice and big went about leaving the net.
because if you excavate, tree. It has net around it
you need to make sure which protects children
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Running around and its daily curriculum. A that connects the roof
making their own wide-looped rooftop and the yard.
choices enables children to At the playground there
The distinguishing move frequently. are zelkova trees to
feature of Fuji Children love running climb, a large sandbox
kindergarten is how it around the facilities, and other elements for
allows children to run which have no ends but play. Children look
freely in the building. A are circularly routed. around the whole
survey has revealed that This has created an kindergarten from the
the children in this environment that allows rooftop and then decide
kindergarten take many children to play all where to play, which
more steps than the around the building, fosters their ability to
children who are in a with playground make their own choices.
kindergarten that equipment made of (Photos 1 - 4)
incorporates soccer into natural trees and a slide
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Site plan
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In the lunchroom, parents Space for child-raising facilities parents can share
communication. We’ll be and cafeteria as places for raising children and build
day look back and Visitors can enter these raising through
with their parents at our through the kindergarten facilities are appreciated
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CASE STUDY 2
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Takenoko Hall, available outdoor and indoor stage. help to take care of the
to families and others in It’s a place for people to kindergarten yard. They
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Yurinen, which enriches tents, mirrors, lenses, playground that faces the
the play environment for bells, triangle-roofed kindergarten building. By
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Nurseries are surrounded Yurinen, on the south side excellent circular flow.
on all four sides by of the building, are Children run around in the
enjoy running through the hallways through which friendships with those of
whole building, even on children can pass from the different ages. (the yellow
rainy days. Fureai no Mori, central building with their area in Figure 7; Photos 6,
shoes on. The indoor 8,9)
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