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Niwatorigoya Chicken Coop / 2M26

Hana Abdel — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A chicken coop inspired by Japanese shrines. Design and built by Kyoto based architecture studio 2m26, Niwatorigoya is a chicken coop located in Keihoku, north mountain side of Kyoto city. Next to a thatched roof dwelling, Niwatorigoya reinterprets the Ise shrine structure.

Umagoya Stable / 2M26

Hana Abdel — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A stable entirely made of cypress and cedar using Japanese traditional joinery. Design and built by Kyoto-based architecture studio 2m26, Umagoya comprises a stable for two horses and storage space - a saddle room located in Keihoku, north mountain side of Kyoto city. The new construction integrates the property of an old Japanese folk dwelling. Around the main thatched roof house, a few outbuildings and a garden surrounded by soil walls enclose the site. Umagaoya takes part in this ensemble on both sides of a “KURA”, a traditional storage space made of thick soil walls.

Saikodayo House / 2M26

Hana Abdel — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Designed and built in 2017 by 2m26, « Saikodayo » is an extension of Nishino Sohei's photography studio. The building, a former warehouse located in fishermen port of Heda, Shizuoka prefecture, was divided by a wall into two spaces. The back space remained unoccupied for a few years, open to the wind and rain on one side.Nishino san wished he could use the entire space covered by roof, enlarge his studio, get natural light and a link with the outside space attached to it.

2m26 Kyoto House / 2M26

Hana Abdel — Wed, 06 May 2020 02:00:00 +0000

Designed and built by 2m26, an architecture and artist studio based in Kyoto, Japan, “2m26 Kyoto House” is a home, an office, a wood working atelier and an event space. 2m26 entirely renovated a hundred year-old Kyoto nagaya 長屋 house. Nagaya houses were built in elongated rows as living quarters for the common class such as craftsmen, storekeepers, laborers and were structurally connected to each other by clay walls, often supporting a common roof system.

La Petite Maison / 2M26

Andreas Luco — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 21:00:00 +0000

La petite maison. 2m26 builds extra small wooden holiday house in french countryside. Designed and built by 2m26, architecture and maker studio based in Kyoto, “La petite maison” is a guesthouse in south east of France.