阶梯空间：Hakusui 托儿所

千叶县佐仓市的这所托儿所计划容纳60名学生。场地被南部群山和森林所环绕，坐落在平缓的斜坡上。

This nursery school in Sakura, Chiba was planned to accommodate 60 pupils. Surrounded by mountains and forest, the southern area of the site rests on a gentle slope. 

利用此地形，我们将教室设计为类似于大型楼梯空间。当地的一家专门从事社会福利的公司Seiyu-Kai向我们提出了此项目的要求，该计划的总体概念始于一个想法：“托儿所应该是一栋大房子。”

Putting this topography to use, we designed the school room to resemble a large set of stairs. Seiyu-Kai, a local social welfare firm specializing in elderly care facilities approached us for this project. The overarching concept for this plan started with an idea: “a nursery school is a large house.”

这种“大房子”的特点是，如果一个3岁的孩子和一个5岁的孩子在同一个房间里时，这些不同年龄的孩子可以在宽阔的空间中互动。此外，如果3岁的孩子在附近玩耍时有5岁的孩子在睡觉，则节奏上的这些差异会增强“大房子”的“家庭”品质。为了与Seiyu-kai的想法保持一致，我们将减少室内盲点的数量作为首要任务，同时使得安全措方面得以保障。

One unique feature of this “large house,” for example, is that a 3-year old child is in the same room as a 5-year old and these children of different ages can interact in the wide, one-room space. Additionally, should a 3 year-old child be sleeping while a 5 year old child plays nearby, these differences in rhythm reinforce the "domestic" qualities of this "large house." Keeping in line with Seiyu-kai's longstanding (26-year) philosophy, we made it a priority to minimize the number of blind-spots within the room in order to keep safety measures as unintrusive as possible.

利用北面和南面的可滑动大窗框以及斜坡创造的空间，微风从房子的南面吹进来，穿过森林般的内部空间向上移动，最后吹过北侧的露台。

Utilizing large sliding window frames along the northern and southern faces, along with the space created by the slope, ventilation is created as a breeze draws in from the south of the structure, passes through the forest-like interior pillars making its way upwards before finally blowing out across the terrace on the northern side.

房子的南部有一个用来收集雨水的小池塘以及安装在向南倾斜的屋顶上的洒水器，也有助于空气流动，因为水挥发后会随着风吹进建筑里。这是设计的一部分，旨在创造一个与周围环境密不可分的空间。设计师们相信，在追求“幼儿园作为一个大房子”的概念的过程中，实现了一些与它周围的农业社区的房子相似感受的空间。

A small pond on the southern end which gathers rainwater as well as water from sprinklers installed on the southward-slanted roof also contributes to the airflow as the water is absorbed into the wind that blows into the structure. This was part of a comprehensive plan to create a space that was inseparable from the environment that surrounds it. We believe that in pursuing the original concept of a “nursery school as a large house” we achieved something not unlike the houses in farming communities that surround it.

我们的目标是创造一个不仅给孩子们带来乐趣的空间，还要通过融入周围的自然环境，营造一种与自然和谐相处的体验。

Our goal was to create a space that was not only fun for the children but via blending into the nature around it, foster an experience that was greater than the sum of its elements.

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设计单位：Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop

主负责人：Yamazaki Kentaro

项目名称：Hakusui Nursery School

所在地：日本，千叶县佐仓市

占地面积：1046.64平方米

建筑面积：530.28平方米

项目类型：保育学校/托儿所

主要结构：木结构

项目层数：2层

项目周期：2014年1月-2014年11月

结构设计：ASD / Ryuji Tabata, Takayuki Tabata

设施设计：Yamada Machinery Office / Hiroyuki Yamada

平面设计：SHUNPEI YOKOYAMA DESIGN OFFICE / Shunpei Yokoyama

Project Name: Hakusui Nursery School

Architect: Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop / Kentaro Yamazaki

Location: Sakura-shi, Chiba, JAPAN

Site Area: 1046.64 sqm

Floor Area: 530.28 sqm

Principle Use: Nursery school

Structure: Wooden

Story: 2F

Start of Construction and Completion: January 2014 - November 2014

Structual Design: ASD / Ryuji Tabata, Takayuki Tabata

Facility Design: Yamada Machinery Office / Hiroyuki Yamada

Graphic Desing: SHUNPEI YOKOYAMA DESIGN OFFICE / Shunpei Yokoyama