Nursery School in Kawasaki

川崎駅近く、古くからの住宅街に位置する保育園です。周囲は木造住宅がひしめき道路幅員は狭く、不燃化重点対策地区に指定されています。園庭を出来るだけ広く確保出来るようにコンパクトな木造園舎にしました。また、園庭は園児のあそび場としてだけでなく、周囲の住宅に対し光と風を与える空地としても機能するように考えました。日当たりの良い南側の園庭に保育室を配置したシンプルな計画です。北側奥は吹抜けを設け、ジャングルジムを屋根から吊下げた立体的な遊び場をつくりました。

The nursery school is located in a old residential area near Kawasaki Station. It is surrounded by wooden houses and the road width is narrow. The building was designed as a compact wooden structure to provide as much space as possible for the school garden, while at the same time functioning as an open space to provide light and air to the surrounding houses. Nursery rooms are simply planned to face the sunny south side of the playground. At the back of the north side, which is less sunny, an atrium was built and a three-dimensional playground with a jungle gym suspended from the roof was created.