Moku Mock Nursery School by Keiko Yoshida

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DESIGN DETAILS

DESIGN NAME:
Moku Mock

PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Nursery School

INSPIRATION:
The Interior design is based on children's activities in the nursery whose educational approach for children is based on Reggio nell Emillia approach. It gave us many inspirations and other educational method like Montessori method gave too. In addition my daily life with 2 daughters they are 5 years old and 3 years old gave me great inspirations.

UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
A nursery school for children aged 0 to 2 in a room of about 140 m2 with a solarium in Tokyo, Japan. The space that children spend for their hole day should be very close to a house, and would fit children's activities and body dimensions specific to this ages. By installed a wooden frame of 9cm square cedar timber into an existing RC structure the space is divided by 1.3M high walls and sliding doors. This wall provides children a space like a house, and gives teachers space to overlook the entire space. In addition, the wooden frame is also used as lighting fixtures, decorating children's artworks, and as curtain rails that divide space freely.

OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION:
Here is a space which Children aged 0-2 spend their time from 9am to 18pm. They eat, sleep, play, create, excrete, and so on. In addition children aged 0-2 grow fast. Therefore a space which they need is change dramatically in the day and throughout the year. Curtains and sliding doors temporarily partition the space, Shelves and hooks for exhibit children’s art works and lighting fixtures with adjustable illuminance get together in those timber frames.

PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION:
The project started in September 2018 and completed March 2019 in Tokyo Japan.

FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY:
Interior Space and Exhibition Design

PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY:
The wooden frame was made by Japanese carpenter. Woods were connected by Japanese traditional wood joint named KUMIKI. There is no nails in joints just woods. The traditional technique provided a safe space for children. In addition, the woods were taken in near the site. Children, teachers and parents can feel regional nature in the room by touching and smelling the wooden frame.

SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES:
Function/ Nursery school Type/ Interior design, Renovation Total floor area/ 146 sqm

TAGS:
Educational space, Interior design for kids, Interior design, renovation, school, wood structure, Nursery, kindergarten, kids space

RESEARCH ABSTRACT:
The Interior design is based on children’s activities in nursery whose educational approach for children is based on Reggio ne’llEmillia approach. Children are esteemed as a individual person and It’s important to express theirselves with creativity in Reggio ne’llEmillia approach. So, at first we started to find what kind of space is needed for the education. There were some important functions which should be installed to the nursery like book selves children take books freely, a space for their art works, a space can be separated temporarily and etc.

CHALLENGE:
The hardest but exciting time for this project was when align the interior design with educators. At first our design didn’t accept to them. We discussed many times by meetings and emails. Those discussions were very useful for understand each other, finally we became good team.

ADDED DATE:
2019-11-09 13:20:19

TEAM MEMBERS (7) :
Client/ Meisen Academy, Interior design / Archipatch Inc. Project in charge /Keiko Yoshida, Graphic design/ Archipatch Inc. Project in charge /Junya Saito, Structural consultant: Minoru Fujita, MEP: Morimura sekkei, Constructor: Archi Design Inc. and

IMAGE CREDITS:
all photos except a model photo/ Misato Iwasaki
A model photo/ Archipatch Inc.

PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS:
Copyrights Archipatch all rights reserved.

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CLIENT/STUDIO/BRAND DETAILS
	NAME: Archipatch Inc. PROFILE: A creative team established 2018 based in Tokyo. To support your project in terms of design by reading the project intent from architecture, interior and to urban design.

AWARD DETAILS
	Moku Mock Nursery School by Keiko Yoshida is Runner-up for A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category, 2019 - 2020. · Read the interview with designer Keiko Yoshida for design Moku Mock here. · Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Keiko Yoshida. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Keiko Yoshida.