Chuo Elementary School (Tokyo)

Chuo Elementary School

Chuo Municipal Chuo Elementary School (中央区立中央小学校, Chūō-kuritsu Chūō Shōgakkō) is a public elementary school in Minato [ja], Chuo, Tokyo.[1] It is operated by the Chuo City Board of Education (中央区教育委員会).

Its attendance boundary is Minato 1 and 2-chome, Irifune [ja] 1 and 2-chome, and Hatchobori [ja].[2]

History

It was formed on April 1, 1993 (Heisei 5) by the merger of Kyoka Elementary School (中央区立京華小学校) and Teppozu Elementary School (中央区立鉄砲洲小学校). The school board had the new school use the Teppozu building, although the Kyoka building was used temporarily until August 31 of that year. Classes at the ex-Teppozu building started on September 1.[3]

In 2009 the school had 112 students. By 2010 there were plans to raze the original building to build a new school building. Hideo Takahashi, an alumnus of Teppozu, campaigned against the building's destruction on historical grounds, and his son Yoshiaki argued against the destruction due to historical reasons and the price tag of the new school building.[4]

The school held a farewell celebration of the former building on July 17, 2010. Classes were temporarily held at Meisho Elementary School (明正小学校) from September 1, 2010 to September 3, 2012, the day the new school building opened.[3] The current school building was to have a playground on the last floor, and a retractable roof over it.[4] The building houses elementary and kindergarten classes.[5] The current building, designed by Kume Sekkei [ja], was given the Good Design Award in 2013.[6]

See also

• Elementary schools in Japan
• List of elementary schools in Tokyo

References

1. "アクセス". Chuo Elementary School. Retrieved 2022-10-15. 〒104-0043　中央区湊1丁目4番1号
2. "区立学校一覧". Chuo City. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
3. "学校紹介" (in Japanese). Chuo Elementary School. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
4. Scott, Simon (2010-08-12). "The Wrecking Crew". Metropolis. Retrieved 2022-10-15. - Reposted alternate URL, under the title "Local residents fight to save historic school buildings in Tokyo's Chuo Ward," in Japan Today (posted on August 20, 2010)
5. "中央区立 中央小学校" (PDF). Cool & Hot (in Japanese). No. 45. Heat Pump and Thermal Storage Technology Center of Japan [ja]. December 2013. p. 68. - See cover page
6. "Chuo Elementary school & Chuo Kindergarten". Good Design Award. Retrieved 2022-10-15.

Further reading

• "中央区立中央小学校・中央幼稚園 : 東京都中央区 設計・監理/久米設計 施工/戸田・伊藤組・白岩建設共同企業体". 近代建築. 67 (7). 近代建築社: 126–129. July 2013. Profile at CiNii
• 伊藤 学; 藤木 真二郎; 中谷 光宏 (March 2013). "竣工フラッシュ 空調-衛生-電気 中央区立中央小学校・中央区立中央幼稚園". Building mechanical and electrical engineer [ja]. 45 (3). 建築設備技術者協会: 2–9. Profile at CiNii
• "中央区立中央小学校・中央幼稚園(東京都)". School amenity / ボイックス株式会社 編. 27 (12). ボイックス. December 2012. Profile at CiNii

Books by the school district

• 湊一丁目遺跡 : 東京都中央区 : 中央区湊一丁目4番中央区立中央小学校・中央幼稚園建て替えに伴う緊急発掘調査報告書. Chuo City Board of Education. March 2015. Profile at CiNii

External links

• Chuo Elementary School (in Japanese)
• Page at Kume Sekkei [ja] (architectural firm) (in Japanese)