Shiraumegakuen High School and Seishu Junior High School
!["Tree space," exterior (Photo: Satoshi Asakawa)](http://c214210.r10.cf3.rackcdn.com/files/projects/32382/images/900:w/seishu2-2.jpg ""Tree space," exterior (Photo: Satoshi Asakawa)")
"Tree space," exterior (Photo: Satoshi Asakawa)
South exterior (Photo: Satoshi Asakawa)
Approach (Photo: Satoshi Asakawa)
Exterior seen from courtyard (Photo: Satoshi Asakawa)
South corridor (Photo: Satoshi Asakawa)
Multipurpose classroom (Photo: Satoshi Asakawa)
Courtyard seen from multipurpose classroom (Photo: Satoshi Asakawa)
!["Tree space," interior (Photo: Satoshi Asakawa)](http://c214210.r10.cf3.rackcdn.com/files/projects/32382/images/900:w/seishu2-8.jpg ""Tree space," interior (Photo: Satoshi Asakawa)")
"Tree space," interior (Photo: Satoshi Asakawa)
Lockers and counters (Photo: Satoshi Asakawa)
Classroom seen from hallway (Photo: Satoshi Asakawa)
Project
Shiraumegakuen High School and Seishu Junior High School
Shiraumegakuen High School and Seishu Junior High School
Tokyo / Japan, 2011
Description
In this project, outside of the efficiently-arranged classrooms, we wanted to create a space that would be appealing for the students to spend time in. Previously the classrooms had been on the south side of the building, but we lined them up on the north side and put a hallway with lockers and counters on the south side facing the courtyard, resulting in a more open structure. A number of boxy volumes protrude 3.6 meters out from the hallway over the courtyard. Floating amid the trees, these "tree space" serve as terraces and centers for group activities.