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New preschool is designed to accumulate puddles whenever it rains

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The excess water in the atrium isn’t an accident, but the result of intentional design. It’s a preschool, so it could be only great fun to have puddles for water play right next to the classrooms.

Here is Dia-ichi Yochien, a new school in Kumamoto City, Japan. Architect Taku Hibino says that the open area can serve several purposes, including as a softball field during the summer and an ice skating rink during the winter.
via Neatorama

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Image: Hibino Sekkei

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