O PROJEKTIRANJU ŠKOLA - ŠTO MOŽEMO UČINITI PROSTORU

Počevši s projektom osnovne škole ‘Utase’ u Chibi, posljednjih
smo 10 godina radili na više od 10 projekata obrazovnih ustanova uključujući one koji su još uvijek u tijeku projektiranja ili gradnje u zemlji i izvan nje. To su, na primjer, osnovna škola "Kibikogen", srednja škola "Hakuou" u Miyagiju, Istraživački centar za znanost i visoku tehnologiju pri Tokijskom sveučilištu, Međunarodna akademija u Gunmi, Fakultet slobodnih
umjetnosti i znanosti u Kataru i drugi. Svaki je projekt imao potpuno drukčije uvjete i svaki je tražio nešto drugo od nas, međutim, svakom smo projektu prilazili sa stavom "projektirati aktivnost, a ne zgradu". Dojam koji školski prostor ostavlja ocjenjuje se po tome koliko su djeca koja tamo borave vedra i vesela. Ako učenici nisu takvi, prostor ostavlja vrlo loš dojam unatoč grandioznosti. Prema tome, gradimo prostore sa stavom da arhitektura mora biti nešto što pruža što više mogućnosti za poticanje aktivnosti.
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ABOUT SCHOOL DESIGN - WHAT WE CAN DO TO SPACE

Starting with the project of Utase Elementary School in Chiba, we have worked for the last ten years on more than ten projects of educational institutions, including some that are currently in the phase of design or construction, both in Japan and abroad. These are, for example, Kibikogen Elementary School, Hakuou Secondary School in Miyagi, Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology at University of Tokyo, Gunma International Academy, Liberal Arts and Science College in Qatar and others. Each individual project had to satisfy completely different conditions and each of them required something different from us. However, we approached each project with the same attitude: "to design activity and not the building". The impression the school’s space leaves is evaluated by the extent to which children who stay there are happy and cheerful. If pupils are not happy and cheerful, then the space leaves a very bad impression in spite of its grandiosity. Therefore, we build spaces with the attitude that architecture has to be something which will provide as much opportunity to motivate activities as possible.
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