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Architects: Klein Dytham architecture, studio on site
- Area: 86 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Kitano, Nichiwan Rubber Tech, Yamaki
Text description provided by the architects. Picchio Visitors Centre and Ice Rink is located in the foothills of Mount Asama, an active volcano. This area of Japan, known as Karuizawa, is famous for its hot springs, cool temperatures in the summer months, red leaves in autumn and snow in the winter, making it the perfect weekend retreat from Tokyo, which is only 90 minutes away by bullet train. This project, a structure that can act as a skating clubhouse in winter and a nature centre in the summer, was a collaboration between Klein Dytham architecture and Japanese landscape design firm Studio on Site.
