© aoydesign

Architects: aoydesign
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Constructor: Eishin construction Co., Ltd.
Site area: 45 sqm
Project area: 52 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: aoydesign

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© Kurumata Tamotsu

Architects: Archivision Hirotani Studio / Hirotani Yoshihiro and Ishida Yusaku
Location: Nagahama, Japan
Structural Engineering: Umezawa structural engineers
Mechanical Engineering: Azu planning
General Contractor: K.K.Okuda Koumuten
Client: Social Welfare Corporation Lemonkai
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Kurumata Tamotsu

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© Wiiii / Wikimedia Commons

Considered one of Arata Isozaki’s greatest masterpieces, the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma stands as a testimony to Isozaki’s architectural ideology and represents a summary of his achievements. The form is a conceptual statement about the museum as void and frame. Utilizing a 12-meter cube as a metaphorical form to express a frame, Isozaki turned the museum into a stage and a container for displaying and isolating artwork. More about the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma after the break. read more »

Courtesy of Studio NOA

Architects: STUDIO・NOA Architect & Associates
Location: Kanagawa, Japan
Project Year: 2008
Project Area: 58 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Studio NOA

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Courtesy of Atelier SNS

Architects: Atelier SNS
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Atelier SNS

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© Takashi Fujino / Ikimono Architects

Constructed solely out of concrete this design by Ikimono Architects serves as a multi-family dwelling. The various openings and closing allow a range of interactions between the residents, and create shifting moments of light.

Architect: Takashi Fujino / Ikimono Architects
Location: Gunma, Japan
Planning: TTA Inc.
Structural Engineers: Structural Design firm Accurate
Landscape: Atsuo Ota / ACID NATURE 0220
General Contractors: Hashizume Industrial Inc.
Design: 2009.12 – 2010.8
Construction: 2010.9 – 2011.4
Structure: Reinforced concrete
Site area: 624.56 sqm
Building area: 329.92 sqm
Floor area: 659.84 sqm
Use: Apartment
Roof: Reinforced concrete
Exterior: Reinforced concrete
Photographs: Takashi Fujino / Ikimono Architects

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© Hiroki Kawata

Architects: ninkipen!
Location: Osaka, Japan
Project Area: 85 sqm
Photographs: Hiroki Kawata

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Courtesy of Studio NOA

Architects: STUDIO・NOA Architect & Associates
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Project Area: 55 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Studio NOA

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© Hiroki Kawata

Architects: ninkipen!
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Project Area: 26.53 sqm
Photographs: Hiroki Kawata

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LEVEL Architects

Architects: LEVEL Architects
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 338.55 sqm
Photographs: LEVEL Architects

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© Ryota Atarashi

Architects: Mount Fuji Architects Studio
Location: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Site area: 177.27 sqm
Building area: 106.33 sqm
Total floor area: 259.72 sqm
Project Year: 2006
Photographs: Ryota Atarashi & Satoshi Asakawa

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Courtesy of Studio NOA

Architects: Studio NOA Architect & Associates
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 86 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Studio NOA

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© Daici Ano

Architects: UUfie / Eiri Ota + Irene Gardpoit Chan
Location: Kanagawa, Japan
General Contractor: Shirako Tech co, ltd
Project Year: 2009
Project Area: 74 sqm
Photographs: Daici Ano

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© Takashi Fujino / Ikimono Architects

Ikimono Architects‘ clients, with three small boys, pursued a protected house with privacy in a large vacant lot downtown. Ikimono Architects suggested a one-story house with inner courtyards. The end result is a house with a variety of 17 rooms (11:outside,6:inside).

Architect: Takashi Fujino / Ikimono Architects
Location: Japan
General Contractors: Omnibus Inc.
Design: 2009.4 – 2010.7
Construction: 2010.7 – 2011.2
Structure: Timber frame construction
Site area: 516.70 square meters
Building area: 161.64 square meters
Floor Area: 159.40 square meters
Use: Residential
Roof: Galvalume steel plate roofing standing goby
Exterior: Galvalume steel plate
Photographs: Takashi Fujino / Ikimono Architects

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© Hiroki Kawata

Architect: ninkipen!
Location: Nara, Japan
Project Area: 80.84 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Hiroki Kawata

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Kanagawa Institute of Technology Workshop © Iwan Baan

The Kanagawa Institute of Technology Workshop by Junya Ishigami is an elegant rectangular box with with floor-to-ceiling glass, enclosing an interesting interior space with 305 columns of various sizes supporting the stripped roof of skylights. The columns, although seemingly random, are specifically placed to create the sensation of zoned spaces, but their nonrestrictive quality provides a flexible layout to suit the changing needs of students.

Now you can get a better sense of this space by using Google Streetview to navigate the interior, as seen on the above image (just drag it). For a larger view just follow this link.

Via Spoon & Tamago.

© Courtesy of Jun Igarashi Architects

Architects: Jun Igarashi Architects
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Project Year: 2008
Project Area: 202.26 sqm
Photographs: Jun Igarashi Architects

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© Tomoki Hirokawa

Architects: Kunihiko Matsuba ＋ Ksuke Fukushima
Location: Gunma, Japan
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Tomoki Hirokawa

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© Jun Igarashi Architects

Architects: Jun Igarashi Architects
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Project Year: 2008
Project Area: 98.44 sqm
Photographs: Jun Igarashi Architects

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Courtesy of Jun Igarashi Architects

Architects: Jun Igarashi Architects
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Structural Engineer: Daisuke Hasegawa & Partners
Project Year: 2009
Project Area: 26.47 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Jun Igarashi Architects

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