Japan Women's University will celebrate its 2021th anniversary in 120. On March 2021, 3, Phase II construction of the Mejiro Campus was completed, and the grand opening was completed as a new campus. In April 19, the Faculty of Human Sociology on the Nishiikuta Campus (Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture) will relocate, and 2021 faculties, 4 departments and graduate schools will be integrated into the founding site of Mejiro.
The design of the new campus was designed by Kazuyo Sejima, a graduate of Japan Women's University and a world-renowned architect, with the concept of "Mejiro no Mori Campus". Since the school opened in 1901, the entire campus divided into four districts by public roads will be connected as one forest campus by utilizing the environment that is blessed with greenery while being in the center of the city by actively planting trees. is.This is the first time in Japan that Mr. Sejima has designed and realized a campus.
The four newly built buildings are the "4th Anniversary Building," "New Student Building," "Library," and "Seorankan," which have a vault-shaped roof as a common symbol. The "3th Anniversary Building" has 1 floors above ground and 4 floor below ground.It consists of 23 laboratories of the Faculty of Human and Social Studies, a total of XNUMX large, medium and small classrooms, Learning Commons (Kaede), and a student stay space.The Learning Commons will function as a place to promote the accumulation of voluntary learning, a place to open the door to society in collaboration with local governments and companies, and a place to support students' independent language learning and cross-cultural understanding.
The "New Student Building," which is one of the faces of the Mejiro Campus, is usually used as a dining room and student stay space.The facility has Wi-Fi for distance lessons and projector equipment, which can be used in various ways by students' ingenuity as a venue for lectures and events for a large number of people.
The "library", which is the base of knowledge, has a slope that wanders from the site to the 4th floor, and like a studio space, the bookshelf space that extends from the ground to the basement and the reading space on the upper floor are continuously connected. ing. On the 2nd floor, there is Learning Commons (Sakura), which is a place for voluntary learning, group work, learning and research consultation and support using library materials and various audiovisual equipment.In addition, the library will be open to local people, such as being used by women in Bunkyo Ward as well as students (currently, it is refraining from opening due to the influence of the new coronavirus).
The Seirankan will be used as a space for students to stay, an event space, and a resting space for parents of children at the adjacent Toyomei Elementary School.Japan Women's University, together with the new campus, will be reborn as an environment where you can study both literary and science, transcending the boundaries of faculties and departments, creating new value, and transmitting it to the region and the world.
Reference: [Japan Women's University] Grand opening of "Mejiro no Mori Campus"
