Shuhei Endo just shared with us another of his “tecture” series. Bubbletecture M is an amazing bubble-like wooden structure that houses a kindergarden in Osaka, Japan.
More info after the break.
This kindergarten is about 45 minutes by Shinkansen train from Osaka and surrounded by a newly developed residential area. The structure consists of concrete boxes between each of the rooms and a wooden roof that ties them together. The shell-form roof is made of triangular continuous surfaces; its structural strength and geometrical consistency permits great freedom in designing of the necessary spaces. This structural system uses 2.5 m wooden beams and hexagonal metal fittings, factory-made and only assembled on the site. The integration of the wooden trusses and concrete boxes is geometrical but varied, a structure with rich in expressive effects.
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sorry I had to…
have you heard of Buckminster fuller?
I don’t recall BF ever building something like this
Beautiful……
(oh and 52, I aparently didn’t get the memo where we were told no one is ever allowed to use a dome ever again….)
er. replace 52 with rw.
oops
I remember doing a report on BF’s Geodesic domes, among his other crazy contraptions back in 7th grade. Strange to think that I had no idea back then that I would be starting to study architecture 6 years after that.
I like this.
I like the construction here.