COCOCHI Comfort Gallery “UTSUWA” / UID Architects

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• Architects

  UID Architects

• Location

  Tajiricho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan

• Architect in Charge

  Keisuke Maeda

• Design Office

  Toshiya Ogino

• Area

  66.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Koji Fujii/Nacása & Partners Inc

• Consultants

  IKE Structural Design, Hidekazu Ikeda, structural, Toshiya Ogino Environment

• General Contractor

  Daiwa Construction Co. Ltd, Michiaki Mitani, Ichiro Kashiwabara
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Text description provided by the architects. The community center hosts a range seminars and events, providing a much needed destination for individuals and organizations to congregate.

The design is characterized by repeated wooden louvers that enclose a shaded volume at ground level, serving as a buffer zone between internal and external space.

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Throughout the plan, areas of plantation allow the building to establish a direct and intimate relationship with nature.

The use of timber continues internally with plywood furnishings and fittings incorporated within a studio that is articulated across two levels.

A staircase leads to a comfortable lounge area situated at the uppermost story, which provides a relaxed and hospitable environment for its visitors.

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