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Sendai Mediatheque.
Location Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Notsuharu Town Hall. Structure Steel frame, reinforced concrete
Location Oita-gun, Oita, Japan Scale 7 stories, 2 basements
Structure Steel frame
Scale 2 stories
This is a private residence in Tokyo. With the use of rib reinforced aluminum panels for floors
and walls and aluminum for all other structural elements, the intent of the design was
to create a spatial lightness that could not be achieved by other structural means.
By utilizing the structural characteristic of aluminum, the focus was mainly on two potentialities:
The unity of structure and finish by its use as a surface material,
The compression of multiple functions into extruded sectional elements.
By applying aluminum as surface material for structural walls and floors, it could simultaneously be
used as a finish material. We considered that the totality of the design would produce lightness if the load were
dispersed throughout the structure that extended over a surface, rather than intensifying it to specific parts,
thus accommodating slender individual structural members. The aluminum can easily be extruded into complex
sectional elements with extremely high precision.
Employing this property in this project, we attempted to incorporate multiple functions, including
structural strength, into one sectional form, ie columns that serve as window sash frames.
The presence of the structure is diffused both as a result of the structure being integrated
with sash and exterior elements, as well as by the unique materiality of aluminum.
The variety of details that typically develop become inconspicuous as they are absorbed into extruded sections.
The high precision assured by advanced techniques changes the conventional perception that details
must consist of offsets and joints and brings the composition of a building closer to that of an industrial product.
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4½ mats 9 ft x 9 ft
6 mats 9 ft x 12 ft
8 mats 12 ft x 12 ft Program: 5. Living Room
1. Entrance 6. Guest Room
2. Tatami Room 7. Toilet
3. Bedroom 8. Terrace
4. Kitchen 9. Void
House in Sakurajosui