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Nature's a teacher. Merging landscape with learning, a Japan nursery school follows course

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Gotemba, Japan’s Takane-no-Mori Nursery School is a learning space for children aged 0-5. - Kai Nakamura
An initial visit to the site – a forest hill in the proximity of Mount Fuji – inspired the designers to develop a ‘sunlit place softly floating in the woods’. - Kai Nakamura
An undulating slope and hill give children with a topographical experience adjacent to the built environment. - Kai Nakamura

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Design, Architecture
Client
Takane-no-Mori Nursery School
Structural Engineer
Hiraiwa Structural Consultants
MEP Engineer
Nagano Engineering
General Contractor
Usuko Sangyo + Tonbo Sougo Kensetsu
Floor Area
1,009 sq-m

Takashige Yamashita Office carved out space for children to grow alongside nature with nursery school on a forested site near Mount Fuji.

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