There has been a symbolic podocarpus tree in the premises since the old days. It used to be a little away from the human space and was not seen from the room in a daily life. For this new construction due to deterioration, the tree was left where it was to strengthen the relation between human and the tree by building a new position and new traffic line. By creating minimum surrounding with new round fence for the tree, form and existence of the tree are maximized.
Article source: Tomohiro Hata Architect and Associates
The architectural languages with special meaning have been used for Japanese residence since ancient times.For example, Tokonoma referring to a built-in recessed space in a Japanese style reception room, highlights invisible planning described as the upper and lower seat by its presence beyond the ability to decorate things.
Lista is situated in the southernmost part of Norway, and it is home to some of Norway`s most unique and fascinating landscape. The small region is troubled by increasing migration, a problem all too common in small, rural parts of Norway today. This particular project was born out of the desire to combat this development. This was to be done by showcasing the wild natural beauty of the area, hoping to draw investments and funding to Lista.
Hotel room is a temporary private space and there is a specific manner of partition for each guest, which produces feeling of comfort and calmness. It is not always constant and varies depending on feeling of the day and time. This room has no partition and instead there are only three shower curtains. Here, the guest can move each shower curtain when necessary and change the manner of partition freely with elaboration.
We piled up pieces of wooden panels to build the interior like topography. Various kinds of food-related items are laid out on this wooden ground. We expected that the chemistry would be just right for eating and the wooden stratum.
Layered configuration has also been designed for V&A at Dundee. This lounge is in a way like a nesting inside V&A.
It is a residence built in Suita-shi, Osaka. The circumference is a good residential section of the environment improved at the time of the Osaka expo, and forms many green rows of houses. It is the H type floor planning which carried out the joint of the two habitation volumes with leads, such as stairs and a passage.
Our concept for Joe’s Chinese Restaurant is forgetting the image of existing Chinese restaurant and creating new sophisticated identity for this restaurant. We are inspired form restaurants in New York City. We want to apply their the metropolitan atmosphere and attractive modern spatial design to break through stereotype for Chinese restaurant.
The internet age. This description is already obsolete. This age is passing quickly. The cloud computing world is now.
When wandering about in the cloud of information, things are not recognized clearly for what they are as each bit of information is not clearly defined in either its characteristic or identity. In the cloud computing world, we can know “IT” without actually touching anything real. If we type a keyword in any search engine, we get the information we want quickly. Sports car, British car, SUV, Jaguar, Land Rover, and so on. In the clouds, we have already discovered what we need to know about the goods we desire to purchase. But they are not yet physical, just virtual.
A stark white ship that sails in the middle of the bustling sea of colors.
The ship floating on the ocean suddenly appears in a shopping center. It evokes a feeling not of a resort area, but of an exotic corner of a town in some southern country. A feeling of a ship that comes across this area by chance.