The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen | Takaharu Tezuka

Translator: Eleni Zhupa Reviewer: Helena Bedalli

Ky eshte nje kopesht per femije qe projektuam ne 2007.

This is a kindergarten we designed in 2007.

We made this kindergarten to be a circle.

E krijuam kete kopesht ne forme rrethi.

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

Eshte nje lloj qarkullimi pafund ne maje te catise.

If you are a parent,

Nese je prind,

you know that kids love to keep making circles.

e di se femijet kane qejf te vijne rrotull.

This is how the rooftop looks.

Kjo eshte pamja e catise.

And why did we design this?

Perse e projektuam keshtu?

The principal of this kindergarten said,

Drejtori i kopshtit tha,

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

"Nuk dua parmake".

I said, "It's impossible."

I thashe: "Kjo eshte e pamundur"

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

Por ai insistoi: "Po sikur te vendosni nje rrjete te varur nga ana e catise?

So that it can catch the children falling off?"

Qe ti mbaje femijet te mos bien poshte?"

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

I said, "It's impossible."

I thashe: "Eshte e pamundur."

And of course, the government official said,

Dhe natyrisht, inspektori tha,

"Of course you have to have a handrail."

"Patjeter ju duhen parmake."

But we could keep that idea around the trees.

Por e perdorem idene e tij perreth pemeve.

There are three trees popping through.

Tre peme dalin nga catia.

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

Na lejuan ta perdorim kete litarin si parmak.

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

Patjeter qe litari s'ka lidhje me to.

They fall into the net.

Ata bien ne rrjete.

And you get more,

Ndonjehere me shume,

and more,

akoma me shume,

more.

me shume.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

Sometimes 40 children are around a tree.

Ndonjehere 40 femije jane perreth pemes.

The boy on the branch,

Djali mbi dege,

he loves the tree so he is eating the tree.

e do kaq shume pemen, sa po e ha.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

And at the time of an event,

Ne raste eventesh

they sit on the edge.

ulen te anet.

It looks so nice from underneath.

Duket shume bukur nga poshte.

Monkeys in the zoo.

Majmune ne kopsht zoologjik.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

Feeding time.

Koha per ushqim.

(Laughter) (Applause)

(Te qeshura) (Duartrokitje)

And we made the roof as low as possible,

E beme kete cati sa me te ulet,

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

sepse donim te shikonim femijet mbi te,

not only underneath the roof.

dhe jo vetem nga poshte saj.

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

Nese catia eshte e larte shikon vetem tavanin.

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

Vendi per larjen e kembeve ka shume lloj cezmash.

You see with the flexible tubes,

Shikoni tuba fleksibel,

you want to spray water to your friends,

keshtu mund te lagni shoket,

and the shower,

dhe dushi,

and the one in front is quite normal.

njeri ne fillim eshte shume normal.

But if you look at this,

Por nese shihni kete tjetrin,

the boy is not washing his boots,

djali nuk po lan cizmet,

he's putting water into his boots.

por po i mbush me uje ato.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

This kindergarten is completely open, most of the year.

Ky kopesht eshte i hapur, shumicen e vitit.

And there is no boundary between inside and outside.

Nuk ka kufij ndermjet jashte dhe brenda.

So it means basically this architecture is a roof.

Kjo do te thote qe arkitektura eshte vetem catia.

And also there is no boundary between classrooms.

Gjithashtu s'ka kufij ndermjet klasave.

So there is no acoustic barrier at all.

Keshtu s'ka barriera akustike.

When you put many children in a quiet box,

Kur vendos shume femije ne nje kuti qetesie,

some of them get really nervous.

disa prej tyre nervozohen shume.

But in this kindergarten,

Por ne kete kopesht,

there is no reason they get nervous.

nuk kane arsye te nervozohen.

Because there is no boundary.

Sepse ky kopesht s'ka kufij.

And the principal says

Drejtori thote

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

nese djali qe eshte ne cep s'do te qendroje ne dhome

we let him go.

e leme te dale.

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

Ai do te kthehet, s'ka nga shkon eshte rreth.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

But the point is, in that kind of occasion,

Por qellimi eshte se, ne te tilla raste,

usually children try to hide somewhere.

femijet duan te fshihen diku.

But here, just they leave and come back.

Ketu, ata ikin dhe rikthehen.

It's a natural process.

Eshte nje proces natyral.

And secondly, we consider noise very important.

Se dyti, ne mendojme se zhurma eshte e rendesishme.

You know that children sleep better in noise.

E dini se femijet flene me mire me zhurme.

They don't sleep in a quiet space.

Ata nuk flene ne vende te qeta.

And in this kindergarten,

Ne kete kopesht,

these children show amazing concentration in class.

keta femije shfaqin perqendrim mahnites ne klase.

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

Dhe si e dini, specia jone rritej ne xhungel me zhurma.

They need noise.

Ata kane nevoje per zhurma.

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

Dhe e dini, se ju arrini te flisni me shoket ne nje bar me zhurme.

You are not supposed to be in silence.

Nuk jemi programuar per qetesi.

And you know, these days

Dhe si e dini, keto kohe

we are trying to make everything under control.

perpiqemi te mbajme gjithshka ne kontroll.

You know, it's completely open.

Gjithshka eshte e hapur.

And you should know that

Duhet ta dini se

we can go skiing in -20 degrees in winter.

ne shkojme per ski ne -20 grade ne dimer

In summer you go swimming.

Ne vere ju shkoni ne det.

The sand is 50 degrees.

Rera eshte 50 grade.

And also, you should know that you are waterproof.

Dhe gjithashtu ju jeni i papershkueshem nga uji.

You never melt in rain.

Ju nuk shkrini ne shi.

So, children are supposed to be outside.

Keshtu, femijet duhet te rrine jashte.

So that is how we should treat them.

Keshtu duhen trajtuar ata.

This is how they divide classrooms.

Kjo eshte menyra si ndajne klasat.

They are supposed to help teachers.

Duhet te ndihmonin mesuesit.

They don't.

Por nuk e bejne!

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

I didn't put him in.

S'e futa une aty.

A classroom.

Nje klase.

And a washbasin.

Nje lavaman.

They talk to each other around the well.

Ata flasin me njeri-tjetrin perreth tij.

And there are always some trees in the classroom.

Ka ndonje peme brenda klases.

A monkey trying to fish another monkey from above.

Nje majmun qe perpiqet te peshkoje nje tjeter majmun nga siper.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

Monkeys.

Majmune.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

And each classroom has at least one skylight.

Cdo klase ka te pakten nje dritare qiellore.

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

Nga kjo zbret babagjyshi ne Krishtlindje.

This is the annex building,

Kjo eshte ndertese perbri,

right next to that oval-shaped kindergarten.

afer kopeshtit vezak.

The building is only five meters tall with seven floors.

Ndertesa eshte vetem 5 metra e larte, me shtate kate.

And of course, the ceiling height is very low.

Patjeter, lartesia e tavanit eshte e ulet.

So you have to consider safety.

Na duhej te merrnim parasysh rrezikshmerine.

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

Per kete vendosem femijet tane, vajzen dhe djalin.

They tried to go in.

U perpoqen te kalojne.

He hit his head.

Djali goditi koken.

He's okay. His skull is quite strong.

Eshte mire! Kafka e tij eshte e forte!

He is resilient. It's my son.

Eshte elastik. Eshte biri im!

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

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

Po kqyr nese eshte e sigurte hedhja.

And then we put other children.

Me pas vendosem femije te tjere.

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

Si e dini, gjendja e trafikut ne Tokio eshte e tmerrshme.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

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

Kjo shoferja para, duhet ende te mesoje te ngase.

Now these days,

Ne kohet e sotme,

kids need a small dosage of danger.

femijet kane nevoje per pak rrezik.

And in this kind of occasion,

Ne te tilla raste,

they learn to help each other.

mesojne te ndihmojne njeri tjetrin

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

Kjo eshte shoqeria. Keto jane mundesite qe po humbasim tani.

Now, this drawing is showing the movement of a boy

Ky vizatim tregon levizjet e nje djali

between 9:10 and 9:30.

nga ora 09:10 deri ne 9:30.

And the circumference of this building is 183 meters.

Perimetri i kesaj godine eshte 183 m.

So it's not exactly small at all.

Nuk eshte aspak e vogel.

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

Ky djale gjithe mengjesin beri 6.000 metra.

But the surprise is yet to come.

Por surpriza nuk eshte ende kjo.

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

Femijet ne kete kopesht bejne mesatarisht 4.000 metra ne dite.

And these children have the highest athletic abilities

Keta femije kane aftesi atletike me te larta

among many kindergartens.

ne krahasim me femije ne kopshte te tjera.

The principal says,

Drejtori thote,

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

"Nuk i stervis une. Thjesht i leme mbi cati.

Just like sheep."

Si delet."

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

They keep running.

Ata vazhdojne vrapin.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

My point is don't control them,

Dua te them se nuk duhet ti kontrollojme,

don't protect them too much,

nuk duhet ti mbrojme shume,

and they need to tumble sometimes.

kane nevoje te bien ndonjehere.

They need to get some injury.

Kane nevoje te bejne ndonje plage.

And that makes them learn

Kjo u meson

how to live in this world.

si te jetojne ne kete bote.

I think architecture is capable of changing this world,

Une mendoj se arkitektura mund te ndryshoje kete bote,

and people's lives.

dhe jetet e njerezve.

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

Kjo eshte nje perpjekje per te ndryshuar jetet e femijeve.

Thank you very much.

Ju faleminderit shume.

(Applause)

(Duartrokitje)