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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. MTRL Kyoto in Japan by Fumihiko Sano／studio PHENOMENONDecember 28th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Fumihiko Sano／studio PHENOMENON Walking down a street off Kawahara-Gojo in Kyoto, you will find an old Japanese-style house. The house is over a hundred years old, built in the Meiji era. Giyōfū architecture was the method the master-carpenter applied, copying Western architecture but using Japanese traditional wooden techniques. After being used as print shop and furniture store over the decades, the house was renovated to a co-working space called “MATERIAL KYOTO”.  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote
 Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote To start this transformation, the surfaces hiding the original features of the building needed to be demolished. Finding the wooden structure to hold the huge space, adding pillars and hardware to reinforce, revealed the original ideas of the master-carpenter.  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote One of the purposes for renovation was to embrace the original charm of this old building. Connection between this transformed house and Kyoto also needed to be friendly enough to invite the street itself to the building. This thought was visualised by a newly built facade at the entrance. Walking underneath the steel plate roof to the garden can give an alleyway feel.  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote Japanese traditional latticework in the ground floor can show Kyoto characteristics as well as enable you to see through inside. Layering FIX glasses on top of this mixes old and modern style to contain the building.  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote Steel footings of siding board that used to be the exterior wall now is part of the facade at the first floor, making it possible to have a great view from the balcony to the JYOTOKUJI temple directly in front. This also makes the most of special location itself as well as historical materials. Japanese traditional braided bamboo foundation for plastering a wall was kept from the houses original feature inside a pair of sliding glass doors at the balcony’s building skeleton side.  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote There you can see modern technology like a 3D printer, laser cutter, black punching metal wall and acrylic furniture, as well as original materials to be used and still being used, like the brick wall, a black wall made of plaster, solid wood used on the furniture or pillars from Hida Furukawa city which also have a strong relationship with its client, Nishijin woven fabrics. All these mixture of materials you can see and feel in this 120 year old building create an open space for people to have imaginative and creative experiences.  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote About Fumihiko Sano 1981 Born in Nara At the construction company, dealing with traditional Japanese style, studied technique , material, and culture as a carpenter after the graduation from a high school. Participates in construction of a tearoom, a Japanese restaurant, a Japanese hotel, the State Guesthouse, and etc.  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote 2011 Established FumihikoSano studio PHENOMENON. Dealing with the design and installation by making the best use of what learned as carpenter and Modern sence.  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote  Image Courtesy © Tadanobu Omote  Image Courtesy © Fumihiko Sano／studio PHENOMENON  Image Courtesy © Fumihiko Sano／studio PHENOMENON  Image Courtesy © Fumihiko Sano／studio PHENOMENON
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