Eishin Campus – High School: Homeroom buildings wall mockups for testing ornaments

The Homebase Buildings form the homebase street. They are two-story masonry buildings with pitched tiled roofs and concrete ornamental wall friezes. Each one has its own garden, with a stair leading to the second floor classrom. There are five such ...

The Homebase Buildings form the homebase street. They are two-story masonry buildings with pitched tiled roofs and concrete ornamental wall friezes. Each one has its own garden, with a stair leading to the second floor classrom. There are two double ...

Experiments and mock-ups for testing distribution of materials, understanding and defining the relative percentage of the different materials used for the walls. Concrete, plaster, wood and tiles were tested in the mock-ups, so that the veriety of materials has hierarchy ...

Image with two C.E.S. members making experiments in the yard at Eishin. They were to become prototypes for ornaments on the homeroom buildings. It was exhibited at the 14th International Architecture Biennale Exhibition: “Office US”.

Ornament mock-up using concrete blocks, primarily used in the homeroom buildings.

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