"This is an extension of Fuji Junior High School (0705). It functions as an English conversation classroom and a waiting area for the school bus. Like the existing school building, it is an oval-shaped, semi-open-air spiral space with a zelkova tree at its center. The building is a steel-frame structure consisting of seven 9mm steel plates paved with rubber chips (Antuka). The foundation is made of piles, and the floor of the first floor is raised. The vertical load is borne by a minimum of 30 mm square thin columns, and the horizontal force is borne by a feildir structure.

Japan | Tokyo

Shinkenchiku June 2011 issue 36P