House in Ropponmatsu / Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates
Architects: Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 99.16 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates
Slide House / LEVEL Architects
Architects: LEVEL Architects
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Project Year: 2009
Project Area: 163.69 sqm
Photographs: LEVEL Architects, Shinichi Tanaka
Duplex House in Hiratsuka / LEVEL Architects
Architects: LEVEL Architects
Location: Kanagawa, Japan
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 155.54 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of LEVEL Architects
Residence in Matsugaoka / Mitsutomo Matsunami
Architects: Mitsutomo Matsunami
Location: Hyogo, Japan
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 89.35 sqm
Photographs: Mitsutomo Matsunami
Young Architects Forum’s 2011 Ideas Competition Results
The American Institute of Architect’s (AIA) Young Architects Forum (YAF) and Committee on Design (COD) have selected the recipients of the second annual YAF/COD Ideas Competition, sponsored by TOTO. Results in addition to images of the awarded projects with brief narratives from the designers can be found after the break.
House in Kitabatake / NRM-Architects Office
Architects: NRM-Architects Office - Shunichiro Ninomiya + Tomoko Morodome
Location: Osaka, Japan
Project area: 170 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Eiji Tomita
Owari Orthodontic Office / Akinari Tanaka
Architects: Akinari Tanaka
Location: Aichi, Japan
Project area: 483 sqm
Project year: 2007
Photographs: Yuko Tada
Reflection of Mineral / Atelier Tekuto
The site is located near the center of Tokyo. It is a small 44m2 corner plot bounded by two streets. Conforming to legal conditions and in response to the client’s wish for a ‘roofed garage’ the volume was trimmed from various directions. Using the words ‘Mineral’ and ‘reflection’ as guiding concepts, Atelier Tekuto proceeded to use subtraction as a positive tool for design.
Architect: Atelier Tekuto
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Photographs: Makoto Yoshida
Musashino Art University Museum & Library / Sou Fujimoto
Architects: Sou Fujimoto
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Client: Musashino Art University
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 2,883.18 sqm
Photographs: Daici Ano
One of the most interesting projects I’ve seen in a while, the Musashino Art University Museum & Library proposes a new relation between the user and the books, surrounded and sheltered by them. We had the chance to ask Sou Fujimoto about the challenge of designing this program in the information age, as you can see on the above video.
More info after the break:
Atelier Tenjinyama / Ikimono Architects
With an earth floor and a glass roof this building, design by Takashi Fujino of Ikimono Architects, experiments with the limits between inside and outside. This is a reoccurring theme among many of Ikimono Architects’s projects. Tradeoffs are enviable in a building of this kind, such as having to use an umbrella to access to the bathroom when it is raining and the hassles that come with an earth floor. The payoffs come in the form of being able to grow plants inside through the floor, gaze at the clouds and stars, listen to the sound of the rain and smell the scent of spring flowers.
Architectural Design: Takashi Fujino / Ikimono Architects
Location: Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
General Contractors: Kenchikusha Shiki Inc.
Landscaping: Atsuo Ota / ACID NATURE 0220
Structural Engineer: Akira Suzuki / ASA
Roof: Safety glass shatterproof
Structure: Reinforced concrete
Use: Office + Residential
Exterior: Reinforced concrete
Project Area: 177.18 sqm (site), 61.93 sqm (building area), 61.93 sqm (floor area)
Design Year: 2007-2010
Project Year: 2010-2011
Photographs: Takashi Fujino / Ikimono Architects
Kanazawa Umimirai Library / Coelacanth K&H Architects
Architects: Coelacanth K&H Architects / Kazumi KUDO + Hiroshi HORIBA
Location: Kanazawa city, Japan
Client : Kanazawa City
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 2,311.91 sqm
Photographs: Satoshi Asakawa
Cadre House / Apollo Architects & Associates
Architects: APOLLO Architects & Associates
Location: Uonuma, Japan
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 99.50 sqm
Photographs: Masao Nishikawa
Nakanosawa House / Code Architectural Design
Architects: Code Architectural Design
Location: Sapporo, Japan
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Code Architectural Design
Wood Block House / Tadashi Yoshimura Architects
Architects: Tadashi Yoshimura Architects
Location: Nara, Japan
Project Year: 2008
Project Area: 148 sqm
Photographs: Hitoshi Kawamoto
Twin Bricks / Atelier Tekuto
Twin Bricks, consists of two wings – A five unit rental dwelling and the owner’s own two-family house. It is located in a quiet residential area, just 20 minutes by train from Tokyo. In order to secure some space for the owner’s car collection, the owner’s wing (RC Wing) stands closer to the road than the rental wing (S Wing). The rental wing is clad in both autoclaved lightweight concrete (ALC) panels as well as glass blocks.
Architect: Atelier Tekuto
Location: Saitama, Japan
Project Year : 2008
Photographs : Makoto Yoshida
Louver House / Code Architectural Design
Architects: Code Architectural Design
Location: Sapporo, Japan
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Courtesy of Code Architectural Design
Kokura Tanaka House / Akinari Tanaka + POI + Nawakenjimu + Lapin
Architects: Akinari Tanaka + POI + Nawakenjimu + Lapin
Location: Kitakyushu, Japan
Project area: 67 sqm
Project year: 2009 – 2010
Photographs: Kei Sugimoto
Airy house / Ikimono Architects
This part-café/part-house by Ikimono Architects revolves around the relationship between the outside and inside. The client specifically requested that everything start from the connection to the outside. The strong but simple exterior is comprised of two rectangular forms that sit perpendicular to each other. Each of these forms takes on a different program to accommodate the dual needs of the client.
Architect: Takashi Fujino/Ikimono Architects
Location: Gunma, Japan
General Contractor: Capital Woods Inc.
Design Year: 2008-2009
Structure: Timber frame construction
Use: Dwelling with shop
Roof: Galvalume steel plate roofing
Exterior: Keystone plate
Project Year: 2009
Project Area: Area: 181.49 sqm floor area, 119.24 sqm building area, 249.61 sqm site area
Photographs: Takashi Fujino / Ikimono Architects
Nico Nico Shop / SUGAWARADAISUKE
Architects: SUGAWARADAISUKE / Daisuke Sugawara
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 154.19 sqm
Photographs: Takumi Ota
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse / Molo, d/dt, Frank La Riviere Architects
Architects: Molo + d/dt +Frank la Riviere Architects inc
Location: Aomori, Japan
Structure: Kanebako Structural Engineers
MEP: PT Morimura & Associates
Project area: 4,339 sqm
Project year: 2006 – 2010
Photographs: Shigeo Ogawa, Frank La Riviere
HGCNH House / Code Architectural Design
Architect: Code Architectural Design
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Courtesy of Code Architectural Design
