Keio University (????) is the oldest and most highly rated private university in Japan. Due to its age, its campuses have many historic buildings. This article introduces some of the school's notable architecture.
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Mita campus
In 1858, Fukuzawa Yukichi founded the Rangaku-jyuku (???, Western School). Ten years later the school's name changed to Keio Gijyuku (????); in 1871 it moved to Mita, its main campus. The campus has a number of historic structures.
Other buildings include:
- Nishi-kan (??, East Building): Keio University Athletic Association and Mita Bungaku offices, internal audit services
- Kita-kan (??, North Building): Conference hall, health center and offices
- Daiichi K?sha (????, Building One): Classrooms and offices
- Kenkyu-shitsu t? (????, Faculty Research Building): Offices, meeting and research rooms
- Keio University Press: International dormitory
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Hiyoshi campus
The Hiyoshi campus opened in 1934. During World War II, some buildings were used by the Imperial Navy of Japan's (???????, Dainihon teikoku kaigun) third region of naval operations (???3?, Gunrei-bu san-bu) personnel division, engineering unit, headquarters of its combined squadron (??????, Reng? Kantai shirei-bu), naval command (???????, Kaigun s?tai shirei-bu) and carrier air-wing command (????, K?k? honbu). Soon after its relocation the navy constructed a dugout, which remains. The campus still contains some undeveloped areas. Its main road, 22 metres (72 ft) wide and 220 metres (720 ft) long (from Hiyoshi station to the Commemorative Hall, lined with 100 ginkgo trees), is a popular walking area. The tree-lined street received Dai anaka-kai Yokohama-shi Machinami Keikan-sh? (?7???????????, the seventh Yokohama Best Regional Landscape Award) in 1997.
Notable buildings include:
- Building One: Kei? Gijyuku high school building
- Building Two: The art-deco science-classroom building was designed by the Sone nakajyo architectural office (?????????, Sone-nakajyo-kentiku jimusho) and built by the Johen partnership (??????, J?en g?mei gaisha) and Shimizu Group (???, Shimizu gumi) in 1934.
- Kyosei-kan (???): Built in 2008 as part of the university's 150th-anniversary celebrations, its architecture is highly ranked by CASBEE Yokohama (??) (the Yokohama certification system for environmental friendliness). The complex features a pool, the graduate school and facilities available to the public.
- Rai?sha (???): Designed and constructed by Shimizu Group in 2001, the seven-story building contains laboratories and reference libraries.
- Building Four (Independence Wing): Built in 2009 as part of the university's 150th-anniversary celebration by Kashima Group, the building features a communications studio.
- Hiyoshi Library: Built with a ship motif in 1985, the library has 600,000 titles.
- Hiyoshi Commemorative Hall (???, Kinen kan): Built for the university's 100th anniversary in 1958, the hall's restructuring plans have been postponed.
- Fujiwara Memorial Hall: Built in 1958 as a library with a donation from Aiichir? Fujiwara, it is now a multipurpose building.
- KBS: Opened in 1978, the former graduate school is vacant.
- Building Three: Classrooms, foreign-language lounge
- Building Four: Section A--classrooms; Section B--classrooms, counseling room, international and business centers
- Building Five: Built in 1962, the four-story building was demolished and replaced by a garden.
- Building Six: Classrooms, terrace
- Building Seven: Classrooms, lecture room, Hiyoshi information-technology center, computer room
- Building Eight: Classrooms, Psychology laboratory, art research room, musicology research department
Indoor fitness facilities
- Gymnasium: Judo and Kendo training rooms
- Sport ridge: Research laboratory, ping-pong training room
- Judo training room
- Sports medicine research center
Outdoor athletic plant
- Rugby field (birthplace of Japanese rugby)
- Equestrian facility
Public-health facility
- Health-management center
- Extracurricular-activity center
- Commons: Restaurants, assembly room, store
Accommodations
- Hiyoshi dormitory (?????, Hiyoshi kishukusha): Designed by Yoshiro Taniguchi (1937)
- Shimoda Student Village (?????, Shimoda gakusei ry?): Four stories
- Baseball-club hostel (2008)
- KBS house
- Keio Nestle House
Other facilities
- Dugout entrance
- Yayoi period residence, with burial chamber
- Young Buddhists Association (??????, Bukkyo seinen kaikan)
- YMCA chapel (1936)
Shinanomachi campus
In 1917 a medical school (?????, Igaku-ka yoka) opened in Mita, later moving to Shinanomachi and (during World War II) Musashino. Notable buildings include:
- New Building (??, Shin-t?): Built in 1987, the 11-story hospital has 1,056 beds.
- Kitasato Memorial Medical Library: In 1937, the Dr. Kitasato Memorial Library Commission (??????????????, Kitasato hakushi kinen igaku tosho-kan kensetsu-kai) unveiled plans for a library in memory of the medical school's founder, Shibasaburo Kitazato. Three hundred thousand yen was raised, and ???? (Junkei Wada) was commissioned to design the building. In 1944 the commission donated the building to the university, and in 2004 it was renamed the Shinanomachi Media Center. It has a large number of books, specializing in medical history. The Kitasato Prize (????, Kitasato kodo) is awarded annually.
- Institute of Integrated Medical Research: The nine-story building was constructed in 2001.
- Clinical Research Building: The five-story building was constructed in February 2008.
- Preventive Medicine and Public Health Building: Built in 1929, the four-story building (designed by ????????? (Sonenaka-jyo kenchiku jimusho) and built by ??? (Shimizu-gumi)) is the oldest on the Shinanomachi campus and until recently was used for lectures.
- Hospital annex: The annex was designed by Sone-naka-jyo kenchiku jimusho and constructed by ??? (?bayashi gumi) in 1932. In 2008, it ended its operations; in November 2009, a ceremony to appease the earth?god (???, Jichin sai) was held before the construction of Building 3.
- Building 3: The six-story building has two wings: North (Clinical Research Building II) and South.
Clinic
- Central wing (1963)
- Wing 1 wards: Two outpatient wards (1965)
- Wing 2 wards: Clinical research wing (department of internal medicine)
- Wing 6 wards (1953)
- Wing 7 wards (1954)
- Outpatient rehabilitation center
- Endocrine center
- Advanced care center
- Radiographic diagnostic center
- Mortuary
Education and research
- East lecture hall (1957)
- Lecture Hall 2 (1961)
- Education and Research Building (1996): Lecture hall and seminar room
- Clinical Research Hall: Lecture theater
- Waksman Foundation of Japan (1957): Founded by 1952 Nobel laureate Selman Abraham Waksman for the Kitasato Saburo seitan Hyakunenn sai (??????????, centennial celebration for Saburo Kisatato).
- K?y?-sha (???, Agape House): Nursing-school lecture room, general-education center, gym
- Museum
- Animal housing
- Boiler room
Other buildings
- Brick Building (???, Renga kan): The present commercial facility was built in 1995 on the site of the Human Diet Research Institute (?????, Shokuy? kenkyu-jo).
- ??????? (Keio Inari daimyo-jin): The Shinto shrine is located on campus.
Yagami campus
- ??? (S?s? kan): Built in 2000, the building has a basement reference room.
Shonan Fujisawa campus
Shiba kyoritsu campus
In 2008 Keio University joined ?????? (Kyoritsu Yakka daigaku) with campuses in Shiba and Urawa, opening its Department of Pharmacology and the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The campus has three buildings: 1, 2 and 3.
Shin-kawasaki campus
The K2Town campus, built in 2000, aims to advance research and development among industry, academia and Kawasaki.
Further reading
- ??????????? (1932) (Japanese)
- ????????? (1969) (Japanese)
- Jyunichiro Isida (?????), Akihisa Masuda (????) (1980) ?????? ??????7 ???????????(Sanseido) (Japanese)
- Keio Gijyuku University Mita information centor (???????????????) (1972) ??????????(??????????????) (Japanese)
- ????????? (2008) (Japanese)
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