CLOUD ZONE LEARNING CENTER

About The Entry

Cloud zone is a learning center for children on the Autism Spectrum Disorder from ages 2 to 12; it is located in Portland Japanese Garden's new Cultural Village, the buildings were designed by Kengo Kuma. Portland Japanese Garden's new Cultural Village is a modest, human-scaled set of buildings arranged around a courtyard plaza, whose fourth side is the existing, untouched gardens from the 1960s.

1 in 160 children has an autism spectrum disorder, which begins in childhood and tends to persist into adolescence and adulthood. Available scientific evidence suggests that there are probably many factors that affect spectrum disorder, including the environment.