Japanese firm Hibino Sekkei joined forces with sister studio Youji no Shiro to design the DS Nursery, a kindergarten school located in Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture.
The interior is characterized by unique items such as blackboard walls, round toilet cubicles and furniture optimized for the size of the students. A planted courtyard, complete with play furniture and climbing walls, surrounds the indoor areas. Much like the blades of a windmill, the architects explain, the indoor rooms of the school fan out against the courtyard.
Views of the garden are facilitated by floor-to-ceiling windows, which open out to sheltered terraces, protected by the building's overhanging roof. Other windows, recessed deep into the walls of the corridors, provide seating nooks for the children.
What's Driving This Trend
- Gorgeous Garden Kindergartens
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- Utilizing floor-to-ceiling windows in kindergarten school design to create views of surrounding outdoor environments and increase natural light.
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- Education
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