SH Kindergarten and Nursery

This is a kindergarten and nursery built newly for 125 children with the concept ‘Full of adventurous spirit and curiosity, surrounded by Tateyama mountain range’. From this site, people can look over the Tateyama mountain range which has been familiar to local people in Toyama. In the Tateyama mountain range, there are many kinds of climbing routes such as a rugged mountain path, open and wide, steep, gently sloped. Moreover, in these routes, we can meet various animals, plants, and beautiful nature.

This local characteristic and elements are taken into the kindergarten’s design, which stimulate children’s adventure spirit and curiosity. Then 10 playing areas are created. For example, narrow space like a rock cave, a long corridor like a tunnel, a net climbing like climbing up waterfall, a open space to look down a kitchen and dining room like a hill, the pond of picture books encircled by book shelves.

In this environment, children can discover everyday and create their own play like exploring in mountains. And also, they can have a good opportunity to know local characteristics.

以「被立山连峰所守护，勾起冒险欲和好奇心的园舍」的概念为基础，富山县富山市新建能容纳125名孩子的园舍。从园舍可以远眺自古以来守护着市民，作为当地象征被大家所喜爱的立山连峰。攀登立山连峰，有多种道路可供选择。惊险的，宽阔的，陡峭的，舒缓的，登山途中能和大自然中的各种动植物相遇。

将能勾起孩子们冒险欲和好奇心的立山连峰的环境要素采用到园舍的设计中，在园舍中设置有10处游戏场所。凹凸不平像岩洞一样的狭小空间，使人想不断前行探索像隧道一样的走廊，想象攀登瀑布的网状游戏道具，能俯视一楼厨房和餐厅的眺望之丘，被绘本所环绕能让人安心阅读的绘本小池，园舍四处散落着能刺激孩子们好奇心的游戏装置。

这样的环境让孩子们每天都像在山里冒险，有各种各样的发现，不仅可以自己创造游戏，通过在融入了故乡特征的园舍中生活，更了解和喜爱自己的家乡。

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