The site is located in part of the quiet residential area in Atsugi city in Kanagawa Prefecture. We designed the existing building of the kindergarten 42 years ago, and the building has been watching how many children have been growing.

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Architects: HIBINOSEKKEI · Office Profile, Youji no Shiro · Office Profile

Location: Kanagawa Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Area: 1386.0 sqm

Photographs: Studio Bauhaus · Photographer Profile

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From the architect. The site is located in part of the quiet residential area in Atsugi city in Kanagawa Prefecture. We designed the existing building of the kindergarten 42 years ago, and the building has been watching how many children have been growing.
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However, as a variety of educational needs have been produced along with consideration for earthquake resistance and change of age, we were requested to change the kindergarten to the type for the next generation that is appropriate for the current days, and accepted to design it again.

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As there was a large corridor as wide as 5 meters in the middle of the existing building, we decided to design by arranging the building in modern style and flow planning while taking over the memory of the existing building in the new building.

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