Osaka Gakuin University High School is located in Suita City, Osaka, and is affiliated with Osaka Gakuin University. This project required the school to move to a site adjacent to the university campus in order to collaborate with the high school and university, in addition to seismic renovation of the old school building due to its age. By linking with the university campus, a reasonable facility scale was achieved in anticipation of an aging society with a declining birthrate. In rebuilding, a new subject center system was introduced as an educational system, aiming to create a school plan for next-generation education.

The new school building consists of a classroom wing and a cafeteria wing.

The new school building, which will be the flagship of Osaka Gakuin University, was designed to resemble a “ship” for students, who are going through a sensitive period in their lives, to get on board and explore the future. The dynamic balcony shape that characterizes the exterior of the building is derived from its relationship to various environments, such as the buffer to the neighborhood and solar radiation control, as well as inducing communication among the students. As if in response to the balcony shape, the exterior extruded aluminum material changes its appearance from moment to moment with light and shadow, creating a delicate and rich appearance.

The interior space of the classroom building is clearly structured with a living core with an organic planar shape, and classrooms for academic subjects at its center. The FLS encourages active learning and triggers student communication during breaks and after school.