MoNo designed the art work “White Forest” which was exhibited in Ehrisman house , one of old western-style houses authorized as a historical architectures by Yokohama city government, as a formal program of The Festival Harmony of Flower and Table in Yamate of Yokohama-city JAPAN. This event has been held every June for 13 years by the cooperation of 7 city-owned historical Western style houses in this area. In this event, 7 artist-teams exhibit their own art world, under the theme of view of fresh-flower design and table decoration, treating the interior space of designated one among 7 old houses. We MoNo won the competition for this festival and was designated as the artist for one historical house Ehrisman house . So this art work was created as our latest one in our career of contemporary art for historical spaces.
This is the complex building with clinic on the first floor and the doctor’s dwelling place on the second floor. With the tree planting that bring better feeling to patients in the inner courtyard, they can be viewed from the lobby and entrance of the clinic. Furthermore, as the trees can also be seen from outside of the building through the deck, people walking by should also be able to feel the season’s change.
The architecture of PICNIC consists of 3 roof surfaced areas, that respond to each other in a parallel correlation to create a striped pattern.By doing so, the architecture results in constructive parts with roofs, that build an inside, the room itself. Those parts without roofing create an outside, the garden.
This residence is for a family of four with a private Studio/Office attached for the husband. Located on the bluff of Yamate district in the seaport city of Yokohama, it commands a magnificent view of the townscape below on the South. Flanked by a garage on the right and the Studio/Office on the left, the entry is from the North.
This was an installation art work which was exhibited in Yamate 111 Ban-Kan, one of old western-style houses authorized as a historical architectures by Yokohama city government, as a formal program of the 6th Yamate Art Festival. It was the second time for MoNo to attend this art festival following the last work “Molecular Cluster”.
This is the urban residence for a single occupancy is situated in Yokohama City which is about one hour from Tokyo Japan by train. The building site is a corner plot abutting east and south on the roads which is situated in a densely built-up area with buildings facing each other across the 4-meter wide road. Each of the buildings surrounding the site has no appropriate open space in its site with an inner building space only separated from outside by the use of a single wall.
The elevation looked from the intersection of site side 2 roads
The planning areas is a green hill with good views. There is next to the “Italian mountain garden”. However, there is a large housing complex on the south side. So, we want to block out the sight , but to get the open feeling. The “needs and conditions” is contradictory. Therefore, we decided to be a big void enclosing vertically or horizontally. It shut out the external eye, light and wind can achieve. The Void is provided on each floor. And there is provided a lot of planting, will be filled with greenery. This building looks like a planter. The concrete exterior walls generate the lye by plywood. It has deliberately transferred.
This art was created and opened on Dec 2011 as MoNo’s third work for historical architectural spaces and as the closing work for the year when suffered from unparalleled huge disaster.
The place for this work is in “Kyu-Yagishita-tei” built for a residence of Yagishita Family who flourished in trade of copper-iron from early Meiji era in Yokohama. It was reconstructed historically with the form as before in NegishiNatsukashi Park under the control of Yokohama City.
This was an installation art work which was exhibited in Berrick Hall, one of old western-style houses and local authorized historical architectures, as a formal program of the 5th Yamate Art Festival. With its unique history of residential area for outsider people since about 150 years ago, Yamate in Yokoha-ma is an area which promotes peculiar town activity plan around famous place, Foreign General Cemetery and some historical western-style houses. Yamate Art Festival is held under an intention of local activation and culture development by cooperation of some art NPOs, local organizations and facilities in February of each year, having various events of all-round art, music, art, drama, dance, traditional performing and literature.
Side view of the installation art (Images Courtesy MoNo)
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The client for this project is a married couple with dancing as a hobby. They requested a house with a dance studio which also serves as a living room and dining room.
Using living room as the dance studio felt it very important to the couple. They also requested enough light and wind for a comfortable living space. They also required it to have a strong close for high soundproofing – which added up to a number of contradictory elements.
Dancing Living House - Photograph by Kouichi Torimura
Architects : Junichi Sampei／Ａ.Ｌ.Ｘ.
Structral engineers:Kume Structural Research & Development Office
Photographer: Kouichi Torimura
Location: Turugamine Asahi-ku Yokohama Japan
Structure: Reinforced concrete
Maximum height 8,300mm
Site area: 101.58m2
Built area: 58.87m2
Total floor area: 155.47m2
1st floor area: 58.87m2(The outside garage is contained.)
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