Yokohama International School New Campus Project

Japan 2021Yokohama International School New Campus Project

2021.11
Kanagawa
Educational
Completed
14,871
4F

We designed a “wooden house” for the new campus of the world’s second oldest international school. By connecting classrooms and sports facilities with open hubs, we created a fluid living room-like environment in between classrooms, avoiding closed corridors as much as possible. In the center of the facilities, an atrium filled with daylight serves as an inner courtyard. Within the atrium, a symbolic staircase, “Lily Pads,” functions as a multifunctional open space, to hold classes and performances.
The façade is divided with tilted wooden panels integrated with planters, to create a soft and human-scale “wooden house”. On the rooftop, a Japanese-style room and garden looks down to the harbor, a space that embodies the school’s respect for diversity and Japanese culture.

Desigh:Kengo Kuma and Associates, TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers

Team Kazuyo Nishida, Rintaro Yoshida*, Byunghwa Kim, Miguel Rebelo Sousa*, Kimio Suzuki, Ben Nitta, Sayaka Shimizu*, Hisako Tokai, Yoo Shiho Construction Taisei Corporation Exterior Green Wise Illumination Daiko Electric Company Award The 65th Kanagawa Architecture Concours Publication Nikkei Architecture 2022/10/27 No.1226 , Nikkei Architecture 2022/10/27 No.1226 , Kindai Kenchiku 2022/7 vol.76 Photography ©︎ Kawasumi-Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office