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

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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Location

Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan

Design, Architecture

Takashige Yamashita Office

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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