The project which is an old decrepit kindergarten located at Izumi city in the south of Osaka.

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Architects: HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no Shiro

Location: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Area: 1244.0 m2

Photographs: Ryuji Inoue / Studio Bauhaus

Site Area : 4230 m2

Building Area : 799 m2

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From the architect. The project which is an old decrepit kindergarten located at Izumi city in the south of Osaka.

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Izumi is a city which take the textile as the main industry from long time ago. But now as the work transfer to the overseas where has cheap labor, the local industry recession is today?s situation. About this planning, we set two topics.
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Floor Plans

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One is, By daily activities to solve kids? lake of exercise which caused by inadequate site.  Another is, for teaching kids about the local history, put in the element of textile which representative the local industry.  Concretely, for increasing the amount of exercise in the inadequate site, made an environment that kids can run around, and undulating ground.

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The building is surround the middle yard,...