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The owner, whose project we designed and completed 5 years ago, consulted us again to ” build an area in the school where children can develop their creativity through role playing“.
Plan
After understanding the requirement, we wanted to break away from the already existing toys and playground kindergarten typology, and to design the space in sync with our belief that “when children role play, they try imitating adults.” Sticking around this notion we decided to design one mini house within the existing building, where children can imitate their parents and their real world activities.
Photographs : Taku Hibino/HIBINOSEKKEI, Youji no Shiro
As a result, this ?Ouchi? was built. Where *Ouchi, this meaning that ?House? in Japanese. “Ouchi”, includes a kitchen, table, laundry, wood stove, etc. The kitchen is further equipped with frying pans, forks, knives, spoons, cups, toaster, rice cooker, chopping board, pots, and also the refrigerator to store food Photographs : Taku Hibino/HIBINOSEKKEI, Youji no Shiro
Children may enact their mothers, by making a meal from various ingredients, decorating the table with flowers, and also arranging dishes while dining. After the meal, children may also clean and wash dishes in the sink. They may turn on the heater during cold, and eat at the terrace when sunny. They can put clothes into the washing machine and then also keep it for drying.
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