The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen | Takaharu Tezuka

Translator: Katarina Viard Reviewer: Linda Magáthová

This is a kindergarten we designed in 2007.

Toto je škôlka, ktorú sme navrhli v roku 2007.

We made this kindergarten to be a circle.

Postavili sme ju do kruhu.

It's a kind of endless circulation on top of the roof.

Ide o takú nekonečnú okrúhlu dráhu na streche.

If you are a parent,

Ak máte deti,

you know that kids love to keep making circles.

viete, že tie radi behajú do kruhu.

This is how the rooftop looks.

Takto vyzerá strecha.

And why did we design this?

Prečo sme ju navrhli takýmto spôsobom?

The principal of this kindergarten said,

Riaditeľ tejto škôlky mi povedal:

"No, I don't want a handrail."

„Nechcem žiadne zábradlie.“

I said, "It's impossible."

A ja na to: „To je vylúčené.“

But he insisted: "How about having a net sticking out from the edge of the roof?

Ale on si trval na svojom: „Čo keby z okraja strechy visela sieť,

So that it can catch the children falling off?"

ktorá zachytí deti, čo spadnú?“

(Laughter)

(smiech)

I said, "It's impossible."

Povedal som mu: „To nie je možné.“

And of course, the government official said,

Štátny kontrolór tiež prehlásil:

"Of course you have to have a handrail."

„Samozrejme, že tam musíte mať zábradlie.“

But we could keep that idea around the trees.

Tento nápad sme však mohli použiť okolo stromov.

There are three trees popping through.

V areáli škôlky rastú tri stromy,

And we were allowed to call this rope as a handrail.

a toto lano sme mohli nazvať zábradlím.

But of course, rope has nothing to do with them.

Lano deti aj tak vôbec nezaujíma,

They fall into the net.

padajú rovno do siete.

And you get more,

A je ich stále viac

and more,

a viac

more.

a viac.

(Laughter)

(smiech)

Sometimes 40 children are around a tree.

Niekedy ich je okolo stromu aj štyridsať.

The boy on the branch,

Ten chlapec na konári

he loves the tree so he is eating the tree.

má ten strom tak rád, že by ho až zjedol.

(Laughter)

(smiech)

And at the time of an event,

Keď majú v škôlke nejaké podujatie,

they sit on the edge.

vysedávajú po okraji.

It looks so nice from underneath.

Zdola to vyzerá tak krásne.

Monkeys in the zoo.

Úplne ako opičky v zoo.

(Laughter)

(smiech)

Feeding time.

Kŕmenie.

(Laughter) (Applause)

(smiech) (potlesk)

And we made the roof as low as possible,

Strechu sme postavili čo najnižšie, ako sa dalo,

because we wanted to see children on top of the roof,

chceli sme deti vidieť aj na nej,

not only underneath the roof.

nielen pod ňou.

And if the roof is too high, you see only the ceiling.

Ak je strecha príliš vysoká, vidíme len strop.

And the leg washing place -- there are many kinds of water taps.

V priestore na oplachovanie nôh sú rôzne kohútiky.

You see with the flexible tubes,

S tými ohybnými máte chuť

you want to spray water to your friends,

ostriekať kamarátov,

and the shower,

je tam aj sprcha.

and the one in front is quite normal.

Tento kohútik vpredu vyzerá úplne normálne,

But if you look at this,

ale lepšie sa pozrite.

the boy is not washing his boots,

Chlapec si gumáky neumýva,

he's putting water into his boots.

nalieva si do nich vodu.

(Laughter)

(smiech)

This kindergarten is completely open, most of the year.

Táto škôlka je takmer celý rok úplne otvorená

And there is no boundary between inside and outside.

a medzi vnútrom a vonkajškom nie sú žiadne hranice.

So it means basically this architecture is a roof.

V architektúre to znamená, že je to v podstate iba strecha.

And also there is no boundary between classrooms.

Triedy tiež nie sú od seba oddelené,

So there is no acoustic barrier at all.

tým pádom ani akusticky.

When you put many children in a quiet box,

Keď strčíte veľa detí do tichej klietky,

some of them get really nervous.

niektoré z nich znervóznejú.

But in this kindergarten,

V tejto škôlke však

there is no reason they get nervous.

na to nemajú dôvod,

Because there is no boundary.

lebo tu nie sú žiadne hranice.

And the principal says

Riaditeľ hovorí:

if the boy in the corner doesn't want to stay in the room,

„Ak chlapec, ktorý je v kúte, nechce zostať v triede,

we let him go.

necháme ho odísť.

He will come back eventually, because it's a circle, it comes back.

On sa zase vráti. Je to kruh, vždy sa vráti.“

(Laughter)

(smiech)

But the point is, in that kind of occasion,

Dôležité je, že v týchto prípadoch

usually children try to hide somewhere.

sa väčšinou deti snažia niekde skryť.

But here, just they leave and come back.

Tu však nie, iba odídu a zase sa vrátia.

It's a natural process.

Je to prirodzený proces.

And secondly, we consider noise very important.

Okrem toho si myslíme, že hluk je veľmi dôležitý.

You know that children sleep better in noise.

Viete o tom, že deťom sa v ňom spí lepšie.

They don't sleep in a quiet space.

Oni nespia v tichom prostredí.

And in this kindergarten,

A deti v tejto škôlke

these children show amazing concentration in class.

preukazujú na vyučovaní úžasnú sústredenosť.

And you know, our kind grew up in the jungle with noise.

Viete, naši predkovia vyrastali v džungli so zvukmi.

They need noise.

Potrebujeme hluk.

And you know, you can talk to your friends in a noisy bar.

Aj v hlučnom bare sa môžete s priateľmi rozprávať.

You are not supposed to be in silence.

Nie sme stvorení na život v tichu.

And you know, these days

Viete, v súčasnosti

we are trying to make everything under control.

sa snažíme mať všetko pod kontrolou,

You know, it's completely open.

ale tu je všetko úplne otvorené.

And you should know that

Mali by ste vedieť,

we can go skiing in -20 degrees in winter.

že sa v zime môžeme lyžovať, aj keď je vonku -20 °C.

In summer you go swimming.

V lete sa ideme kúpať

The sand is 50 degrees.

a piesok má 50 °C.

To sme my, ľudia.

And also, you should know that you are waterproof.

A takisto by ste mali vedieť, že sme vodovzdorní,

You never melt in rain.

v daždi sa neroztopíme.

So, children are supposed to be outside.

Takže deti majú byť vonku,

So that is how we should treat them.

a tak by sme sa k nim mali správať.

This is how they divide classrooms.

Takto si rozdeľujú triedy.

They are supposed to help teachers.

Mali by pomáhať učiteľom,

They don't.

ale nepomáhajú.

(Laughter)

(smiech)

I didn't put him in.

Ja som ho tam nevopchal.

A classroom.

Trieda

And a washbasin.

a umývadlo.

They talk to each other around the well.

Spolu si pri studni poklebetia.

And there are always some trees in the classroom.

V každej triede je nejaký strom.

A monkey trying to fish another monkey from above.

Opička sa snaží zhora uloviť ďalšiu opičku.

(Laughter)

(smiech)

Monkeys.

Opičky.

(Laughter)

(smiech)

And each classroom has at least one skylight.

Každá trieda má aspoň jedno strešné okno.

And this is where Santa Claus comes down at the time of Christmas.

Tadiaľ chodí cez Vianoce Santa Claus.

This is the annex building,

Toto je vedľajšia budova,

right next to that oval-shaped kindergarten.

nachádza sa hneď vedľa oválnej škôlky.

The building is only five meters tall with seven floors.

Je vysoká iba 5 metrov a má až 7 poschodí.

And of course, the ceiling height is very low.

Samozrejme, že aj strop je veľmi nízky,

So you have to consider safety.

takže si musíte dávať pozor.

So, we put our children, a daughter and a son.

Poslali sme tam naše deti, dcéru aj syna.

They tried to go in.

Chceli vliezť dovnútra.

He hit his head.

Chlapec si buchol hlavu.

He's okay. His skull is quite strong.

Je v poriadku. Má tvrdú lebku.

He is resilient. It's my son.

Niečo vydrží. Je to môj syn.

(Laughter)

(smiech)

And he is trying to see if it is safe to jump off.

Snaží sa zistiť, či môže bezpečne zoskočiť.

And then we put other children.

A potom sme tam poslali ďalšie deti.

The traffic jam is awful in Tokyo, as you know.

Viete o tom, že v Tokiu bývajú hrozné zápchy.

(Laughter)

(smiech)

The driver in front, she needs to learn how to drive.

Tá vodička vpredu sa musí naučiť, ako šoférovať.

Now these days,

V súčasnosti

kids need a small dosage of danger.

deti potrebujú malú dávku nebezpečenstva.

And in this kind of occasion,

V týchto situáciách

they learn to help each other.

sa učia navzájom si pomáhať.

This is society. This is the kind of opportunity we are losing these days.

Toto je spoločnosť.

Toto je presne tá príležitosť, o ktorú dnes prichádzame.

Now, this drawing is showing the movement of a boy

Tento náčrt ukazuje pohyb jedného chlapca

between 9:10 and 9:30.

v čase medzi 9:10 a 9:30.

And the circumference of this building is 183 meters.

Obvod tejto budovy má 183 metrov,

So it's not exactly small at all.

čo ani náhodou nie je málo.

And this boy did 6,000 meters in the morning.

Tento chlapec dnes ráno nabehal 6 000 metrov.

But the surprise is yet to come.

Prekvapenie ale ešte iba príde.

The children in this kindergarten do 4,000 meters on average.

Deti v tejto škôlke prejdú priemerne 4 kilometre.

And these children have the highest athletic abilities

Tieto deti majú najlepšie športové schopnosti

among many kindergartens.

spomedzi mnohých škôlok.

The principal says,

Riaditeľ hovorí:

"I don't train them. We leave them on top of the roof.

„My ich netrénujeme. Iba ich nechávame na streche.“

Just like sheep."

Presne ako ovce.

(Laughter)

(smiech)

They keep running.

Stále iba utekajú.

(Laughter)

(smiech)

My point is don't control them,

Chcem tým povedať, aby ste ich nekontrolovali.

don't protect them too much,

Príliš ich neochraňujte,

and they need to tumble sometimes.

občas potrebujú spadnúť,

They need to get some injury.

trošku sa poraniť.

And that makes them learn

Vďaka tomu sa naučia,

how to live in this world.

ako žiť v tomto svete.

I think architecture is capable of changing this world,

Myslím si, že architektúra je schopná zmeniť svet

and people's lives.

a ľudské životy.

And this is one of the attempts to change the lives of children.

A toto je jeden z pokusov, ako zmeniť život deťom.

Thank you very much.

Ďakujem veľmi pekne.

(Applause)

(potlesk)