Ring Around a Tree. In Detail
29/06/2011.
by TAKAHARU+YUI TEZUKA/TEZUKA ARCHITECTS [VIDEO][TOKYO] Japan
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
Total floor area.- 146.98m²
Builder.- Nichinan-Tekkou
Completion.- 2011
The project addresses the expansion of a school by incorporating an elliptical structure that ascends staggered around a "zelkova" preexisting.
The building of 7.00m high and a surface area 147.00 m2, houses a play area outside, two classrooms (one on the ground floor and another on the ground floor) and a rooftop viewpoint. The new space will learn practical experience in, with and with a singular (adjacent to the site tree, with platforms and in the classroom).
1997 Ministry of International Trade and Industry,Good Design Gold Prize(Soejima Hospital).
1998 Architectural Institution of Japan,Annual Architectural Commendations (Soejima Hospital).
2002 Japan Institute of Architects Prize (Roof House) / Yoshioka Prize, Yoshioka Foundation (Roof House).
2003 Architectural Institution of Japan,Annual Architectural Commendations (Roof House) / Good Design Prize, Japan Industrial Design Organization, (Styrene foam sofa).
2004 Good Design Prize, Japan Industrial Design Organization (Hounancho "L" Condominium) / Ecobuild Award, Ecobuild Japan (Echigo-matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science) / AR Award 2004, the Architectural Review (Echigo-matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science).
2005 Architectural Institution of Japan,Annual Architectural Commendations (Matsunoyama Natural Science Museum).
2007 Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry,Interaction Design Prize (Fuji Kindergarten) / Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry,Kids Design Gold Prize (Fuji Kindergarten) / Association for Children's Enviroment,ACE Award Design Category (Fuji Kindergarten) / Design for Asia Grand Award(Fuji Kindergarten) / AR Award 2007 Highly Commended, the Architectural Review (Fuji Kindergarten).
2008 Architectural Institution of Japan Prize (Fuji Kindergarten).
2009 The Japan Institute of Architects Prize, the Japan Institute of Architects (Fuji Kindergarten) / The Architecture Award, Asia Pacific Property Awards 2009 (Fuji Kindergarten).