学びの主体性を建築空間化する。そんなコンセプトにしたのは、生徒達が学ぶという在り方が変わりつつあるからだった。受動的な教えられる学びから、自らの疑問の答えを得るための情報を模索しながら、より多角的に学ぶ姿勢が問われている。新校舎では生徒の主体性を促す「新しい学びの場」をSGホールと名付け、中央の象徴的な場所に配置した。

このSGホールは、建物の中央３層吹き抜け空間である。毎日の動線上にある、通常学校の隅にある図書館と自習室を、スペースとして点在させた。さらに各階のホールに面して、専門的な学びを行う特別教室（情報処理室、調理実習室、看護福祉実習室など）を配置。人の動きを促すことで、コミュニケーションを活発化させ、より主体的に学びを実践できるように構成した。

先生と生徒の使い方は創造的だった。天井を見上げる生徒、立ちながら会議をしている先生達、自習をする生徒、本を読む生徒、上下階での会話もみられる。光と風の空間の中で各々がとても気持ちよく自由に過ごしていた。

図書スペースでは、定期的に先生方が決めたテーマで本の展示がされている。私が訪問した際には、「高校生の部活動を題材にした本」をテーマに展示をおこなっていた。自主的に学ぶための土台づくりが使い手によってつくられていると感じ、今後も生徒の学びに寄り添い、成長していく場となると予感している。

I believe that the way students learn is beginning to change. A shift away from passive learning, where students are simply taught information, to a more diversified style, in which students form their own questions and use the necessary sources of information to find the answers themselves, is taking place. This new building, dubbed SG Hall, is a place for this new style of learning, created to nurture students’ independence in their studies, and is symbolically located in the center of the campus.

SG Hall boasts a design with a three-tiered central atrium. It is located along the main student traffic flow line and serves as a library and a study space, facilities which are typically found in isolated corners of most campuses. Furthermore, each floor features specialized classrooms for specific uses (information processing, cooking practice, nursing and welfare training, etc.), all facing the central hall. Such a design encourages free movement, which enhances communication and develops further autonomy in learning. In the past few months since this building opened, both students and teachers have found creative ways to use it. You can see students gazing up at the ceiling, teachers standing in a group having a discussion, as well as students engaging in self-study, reading books, and having conversations between different floors. It is a space bathed in light and with an open, airy feel where everyone was spending their time freely and in comfort. The library space has book displays with regularly changing themes decided by teachers. When I visited the building, the theme was “Books about High School Club Activities.”I feel that the foundation of autonomous learning is created by learners, and I believe that SG Hall will continue to be a place with a close connection to that foundation, where students can grow and flourish academically.