Tamagawa Gakuen Takano Kouen Nursery

Tamagawa Gakuen Takano Park Nursery is a wooden, single-storey nursery built in an urban park. The natural lighting and ventilation from the exposed wooden beams and top-sidelights allow children to spend the day in comfort. The outdoor terrace connected to the nursery and the garden with grass and decomposed granite soil allow children to enjoy the rich nature of the park, for example, a pond where they can observe living creatures, a sandpit and seasonal flowers and fruits. The school has been designed to create an environment that realises the childcare policy of 'nurturing children with a rich humanity'. The school building has earthen exterior walls that blend in with the undulating site, and a low-height sloping roof that is divided to create a sense of rhythm and harmony with the park.