作品

This site lies in the outskirts of the new residential district, in one of the few areas of mountain which has not yet been effaced by development, Most of this area is steeply sloped and covered in a dense thicket of majestic trees. These woods are considered a valuable asset not only to the families who live here, but also to the district as a whole.
Right in the center of the entrance to roughly 4-meter expansive view across the slopes, and were struck with the idea of building a structure here. We imagined a living space floating above the slopes and blended into the foliage; a place of three- dimensional experience where each step takes you through the forest, and above and below the branches. At the same time, through these woods, we discovered a clearing which commands an implementing style of architecture, we wanted to avoid harming the trees any further, and allow the scenery in these woods to remain accessible to the rest of the district.
First, from the side of the single access a new road, we singled out two foundation points that did not interfere with the trees nor the movements of the pile machine. We then calculated the load of the superstructure by resolving the steel pipe piles that could be used in this condition. For the assembly base positioned bifurcating steel frames on top of each foundation, and laid two H-beams we across like railroad ties, on top of which we placed a lightweight wooden structure. In this way we aligned building methods with the slope, and were able to avoid felling altering the site's geological features through land development.
The wooden superstructure has a relatively narrow frontage of 3.6 meters, allowing the branches of the surrounding trees to crisscross the building, In order to create a trans parent inner space with a independence and harmony with the outside, we utilized a new method of construction called 'flying 3D trusses,' in which the exterior trusses bear loads and rigidity in the horizontal plane.
This wooden cage-like structure required safety precautions against high wind pressure and earthquakes due to it being pended in the air. This was achieved not with hard and brittle construction made from SUs- modern pre-cut parts and metal fittings, but with a supple wooden framework created using the traditional skills of Japan's temple carpenters. Faced with large external loads this structure would be able to bend and gently disperse these forces.
For our materials we used virgin pinewood selected by the temple carpenters move in order to throughout the structure. Since the carpenters expertly judged the warp of the wood as well as its direction of fall, there are astonishingly few problems due to wood deformation. This is knowledge which they have accumulated over many years.
Because we were supported by the impressive know-how and traditional skills of our country, we believe that we were able to create (if modest) form of modern architecture which harmonizes perfectly with the a new pristine environment of the site.