Figure 1.--Here we see children at Teinko Universuirt Ekementary School lining up for their class at the school's innivative buildings. . |
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Teikyo University in Tokyo was founded with just two faculties (1966). It has since developed into a majoor university. The University has grown and expanded considerably and now has a broad range of faculties and departments spread over five campuses at Itabashi, Hachioji, Utsunomiya, Fukuoka and Kasumigaseki. Teikyo is another university with associated primary and secondary schools. The Elementary School is especially notable for its architecture and innovative use of building materials. Japanese architect Kengo Kuma conceived this school in northwest Tokyo as the modern equivalent of a traditional Japanese schoolhouse with timber-clad walls. Like many of Kuma's buildings, the three-storey school is clad with cedar on every elevation. "We used cedar for the material of the exterior, as an attempt to recover a wooden schoolhouse in the midst of the big city." One observer writes, "Kuma has intentionally foregone the trendy use of intense colors that is so common now in modern schools, and yet the final result looks quite lively. The Elementary School has a traditional uniform for the boys and girls.
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