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House along Saigoku Highway in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan by Koyori DATT

Thursday, June 8th, 2017

Article source: Koyori DATT

The “House along Saigoku highway” is a renovation project of an over-100-year-old wooden house located aside the Saigoku highway in the city of Muko at Kyoto Prefecture. Due to artistic activity made by the owner; it is a living and atelier space for a 3 member’s family; the 60-years-old parents and their high school teenager son.

Image Courtesy © Koyori DATT

Architects: Koyori DATT (Masahiko Nakamura, Keita Ikebe, Taichi Ito)
Project: House along Saigoku Highway
Location: City of Muko, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
Main structure: Wooden construction with RC parts
Structure: Kaneko Takeshi structural design office
Completion: January 2016
Completion: Exteriors, estimated May 2016

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KOU-AN Glass Tea House in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan by TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA

Sunday, October 23rd, 2016

Article source: TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA

“Tracing the origin of cultures peculiar to Japanese by reinterpreting the culture of tea ceremony”

Japanese conception of nature is often characterized by its distinctive spacial perception involves the sensory realization of the surrounding atmosphere through what may be described as signs of energies or aura. Such way of sensual appreciation of nature’s intrinsic and beauties can be recognized in Japanese tea ceremony practice.