GaW / Satoru Hirota Architects
Architect: Satoru Hirota Architects – Satoru Hirota
Location: Tochigi, Japan
Structural Design: Cremona Institute / Masahiro Shirasu
Machinery Design: Ymo / Hiroyuki Yamada
Contractor: Maruyama Kogyo / Hitoshi Akutsu + Katsuaki Ito
Interior Coordination: Ozone / Miki Sakamoto
Total Floor Area: 1,094.05 sqm
Year of Completion: 2010
Photographers: Atsushi Nakamichi, Satoru Hirota Architects
Le Coeur / StudioGreenBlue
Architects: StudioGreen Blue
Location: Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan
Design Team: Mitsuharu Kojima, Wataru Kobayashi
Structure: Wood
Photographs: StudioGreenBlue
Himeji Observatory House / KINO Architects
Architects: KINO Architects - Masahiro Kinoshita
Location: Himeji Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Structure: Reinforced concrete
Site Area: 162.54 sqm
Building Area: 56.03 sqm
Total Floor Area: 155.13 sqm
Completion: 2009
Photographer: Daici Ano
Josai School Of Management / Studio SUMO
Architects: Studio SUMO
Location: Sakado, Japan
Design Team: Sunil Bald + Yolande Daniels, principals-in-charge; David Huang, project designer; Shai Turner, Brad McCoy, James Khamsi, Jeff Dee
Architect Of Record: Obayashi Design Department, Obayashi Corporation, Tokyo
Completion: 2006
Building Area: 6,200 sqm
Client: Josai University, Tokyo, Japan
Photographer: Courtesy of Nacasa Co. Ltd.
Starbucks Coffee / Kengo Kuma & Associates
Architects: Kengo Kuma & Associates
Location: Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Client: Manten Corporation
Structure: Jun Sato Structural Engineering
Facility Design: Tosai Corporation, Kyu-den Ko Corporation
Construction: Matsumoto-gumi Corporation
Built Area: 212.98 sqm
Completion: 2008
Photographs: Masao Nishikawa
’365 – Charming Everyday Things’ Exhibition / DGT Architects
The ’365 – Charming Everyday Things’ is a project for an exhibition which introduces 365 Japanese daily items that are to be displayed and sold in Paris and will eventually travel throughout Japan. Produced by DGT Architects, the location was chosen after over 40 visits of places in Paris. The chosen place is originally a metal factory which was built in the 19th century. More images and architects’ description after the break.
House In Aoto / High Land Design
Architects: High Land Design – Masayoshi Takahashi
Location: Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan
Structural Engineers: A.S.Associates
Site Area: 78.81 sqm
Built Area: 50.21 sqm
Total Floor Area: 144.50 sqm
Completion Date: 2011
Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano
Mizuta Museum Of Art / Studio SUMO
Architect: Studio SUMO
Location: Sakado, Japan
Design Team: Sunil Bald + Yolande Daniels, principals-in-charge; David Huang, project designer; Shai Turner, Brad McCoy, James Khamsi, Jeff Dee
Project Area: 7,000 sqm
Photographs: Koichi Torimura
White Dormitory For Il Vento / Koichi Futatsumata
Architect: Koichi Futatsumata from CASE-REAL
Location: Teshima Kagawa, Japan
Project Director: Tsuyoshi Matsuzawa
Completion: July 2011
Structure: wood frame
Scale: 1 story
Site area: 127.9m2
Building area: 94.2m2
Photographs: Hiroshi Mizusaki
Horizon Roof House / Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
Architects: Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
Location: Osaka, Japan
Structural System: Reinforced concrete
Site Area: 288.06 sqm
Building Area: 144.87 sqm
Total Floor Space: 144.87 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
PTL / Satoru Hirota Architects
Architects: Satoru Hirota Architects / Satoru Hirota + Yoshimi Kondo
Location: Kanagawa, Japan
Client: Private
Structural Design: Nieda+Hisaeda Architects / Taizen Nieda + Mitsuyoshi Yoshida
Contractor: DAIDO KOGYO Co.,Ltd / Tomotaka Iwamoto
Collabotator: LIMES (roder made kitchen) / Tomoya Matsuda
Site Area: 253.74 sqm
Built-up Area: 213.53 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Satoru Hirota Architects
Tetorigarden / Koichi Futatsumata
Architect: Koichi Futatsumata from CASE-REAL
Location: Kumamoto, Japan
Use: Hair Salon
Completion: 2010
Scale: 2 story
Flooring area: 118.0m2
Photographs: Shiraki Yoshikazu
Luminous House / Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
Architect: Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
Location: Kagawa, Japan
Structural System: Steel frame
Site Area: 484.95 sqm
Building Area: 143.91 sqm
Total Floor Space: 143.91 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum / Kengo Kuma & Associates
Architects: Kengo Kuma & Associates
Location: 3799-3 Taro-gawa Yusuhara-cho, Takaoka-gun, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Client: Tomio Yano, Town Mayor of Yusuhara
Site area: 14,736.47 sqm
Completion: 2011
Photographs: Takumi Ota Photography
House In Saitozaki / Koichi Futatsumata
Architect: Koichi Futatsumata from CASE-REAL
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Completion: October 2011
Structural Engineer: Jikuu-koubou
Site area: 169.0
Building area: 76.9
Floor area: 123.2 (1F/76.9 2F/76.3)
Photographs: Hiroshi Mizusaki
Damier / APOLLO Architects & Associates
Architecture: Satoshi Kurosaki/APOLLO Architects & Associates
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Completion: December 2009
Structure: RC
Site Area: 32.16m2
Total Floor Area: 114.55m2
Structural Engineer: Kenta Masaki
Photography: Masao Nishikawa
Forest View House / Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
Architect: Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
Location: Hyogo, Japan
Structural System: Reinforced concrete
Site Area: 3,306.14 sqm
Building Area: 188.74 sqm
Total Floor Space: 362.19 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
Shiseikan / Kengo Kuma & Associates
Architects: Kengo Kuma & Associates
Location: Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Completion: 2008
Site area: 65,892.34 sqm
Total floor area: 5,002.529 sqm
Photographs: Fujita Syashin Kobo
House in Nakameguro / Yoritaka Hayashi Architects
Architects: Yoritaka Hayashi Architects
Location: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Collaborators: Akira Suzuki / ASA (Structural Engineer) , Takasou Takahashi / SESSE-Design (Façade Consultant)
Site Area: 40.01 sqm
Building Area: 32.17 sqm
Total Floor Area: 99.80 sqm
Project Year: December of 2010
Structure: Steel frame
Photographs: Takumi Ota
