Yasuyuki KAWANISHI + ICHIBANSEN / nextstations
川西 康之 + 株式会社イチバンセン 一級建築士事務所 / ネクストステーションズ
Study desk made from cedar wood from Koch baum_01
Motoyama, Kochi JAPAN
 四国の山奥のスギ材を使った学習机計画地場のスギ材を活用して、子どもたちの学習机をデザインするプロジェクトでした。 photo by Yasuyuki KAWANISHI + ICHIBANSEN / nextstations, copyright (C) all rights reserved. |  高知県本山小学校の児童の皆さんや先生方と一緒に考えましたphoto by Yasuyuki KAWANISHI + ICHIBANSEN / nextstations, copyright (C) all rights reserved. |  高さ調節自由児童の少ない山間部の小学校では、机や椅子をたくさん購入できないため、小学1年生から6年生まで対応できる高さ調節自由機能は必須でした。 photo by Yasuyuki KAWANISHI + ICHIBANSEN / nextstations, copyright (C) all rights reserved. |
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 高知県スギ材の美しい木目を強調するデザイン（実際の現行販売品とは異なる箇所があります） photo by Yasuyuki KAWANISHI + ICHIBANSEN / nextstations, copyright (C) all rights reserved. |  シンプルで使いやすく、軽く、あたたかいphoto by Yasuyuki KAWANISHI + ICHIBANSEN / nextstations, copyright (C) all rights reserved. |
as an educational material
In Kochi Prefecture, the government and private companies have been trying to expand the demand for domestic lumber together. Although a wide range of daily commodities was made of wood in the past, most of furniture especially used in school is made of cheap imported lumber and metal parts. Therefore, we designed new school furniture named baum_01, made of local lumber, because people want the local students to use local materials somehow.
However, the price of school desk made of local lumber is approximately twice as high as the conventional one produced by the major manufacturers. Thus, the desk and chair should be adjustable for student’s height, so as not to purchase a large number of school furniture for such a small school in the mountain area.
Thanks to leaning from several prototypes with full cooperation of students and teachers including the principal of the school, we finished designing the natural and environment-friendly furniture finally. Due to the fully local materials, baum_01 is still beloved by the local students.