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Toga House / Takeru Shoji Architects

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 01:00:00 +0000

The site is located in Nishi ward, Niigata city; atop the Niigata sand dune range, formed along the coast around 1700 years ago. The terrain of this region has height modulations of about 30m and the area has high-density residential neighborhoods with narrow roadways while also having its antithesis of large, expansive grasslands in the outskirts.

YNS Yamaikarashi Nursery School / Takeru Shoji Architects

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 19:00:00 +0000

The Center for Early Childhood Education and Care (nursery school) aims to achieve the principles of engaging “naturally with nature”. Located at the end of a winding pathway atop of a sand dune, this single-story wooden building provides a diverse base for children filled with characterful rooms and recesses. The "construction of a large childcare environment" that extends beyond the nursery rooms, the building, and the nursery yard to the surrounding area as a single continuum, and the "establishment of a mutually watchful relationship” in which the whole village is a part of there for the children's learning and play, and while the children revitalize the village. That is what was aimed for.

Figure - Ground / Studio Takuya Hosokai

Hana Abdel — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 21:00:00 +0000

A beauty salon in a provincial city. The project took 8 months from design to completion. The site, about a 10-minute drive from the city center, is located in a quiet neighborhood that was converted to a residential area in 1927. When we visited the site for the first time, we felt that there are many buildings in this area that are composed of multiple small volumes in an inconsistent physical scale, such as an entrance, a bay window, a terrace, a warehouse, and a garage. In addition, although the buildings are reasonably tall, the streetscape has an intimate sense of scale because its composition allows the line of sight to pass through to the open sky.

Housing Complex Niigata III / Studio Takuya Hosokai

Hana Abdel — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

HOUSING COMPLEX NIIGATA III is an apartment building composed of 34 dwellings. There are a number of traditional Japanese houses still exist on neighbouring plots, and cultural facilities, shopping districts, universities, public offices and a park within 500m. In order to integrate an apartment block in a location where various programs interact with each other, we considered an aggregate composed of 34 types of dwelling that cater to differing lifestyles. We tried to reconstruct the relationship between inside and outside spaces in collective housing in an urbanized context. We designed from inside to outside and also outside to inside, considering the separating role of the perimeter wall, the slab and structural frame, and the use of a terrace as a transition zone.

Kame House / Kochi Architect’s Studio

Cristian Aguilar — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000

This house is located in new residential area in JAPAN. A House has 12 small rooms which has different function divided over two floors. I inserted a hexagonal void at the middle of the house : an atrium with a connection to every room.

SA House / Takeru Shoji Architects

Daniel Tapia — Tue, 21 May 2019 20:00:00 +0000

The project site is located in an old rural settlement near Kameda station in Konan ward, Niigata, Japan. The area has relatively recently started the process of renewal, transitioning into a dense residential area. As the development progresses, the form and the location of waterways and roads modify; generating ever-changing plot characteristics. Conventionally, a single estate would contain an assemblage of buildings such as the main manor, a granary, and farmland. And even though the roads of the village were narrow, each residence contained a buffer space; the link between daily living and the agricultural work.

SE House / Takeru Shoji Architects

Daniel Tapia — Mon, 20 May 2019 20:00:00 +0000

The residential area where the site is located abuts a high-speed motorway in the Nishi ward of Niigata, Japan. The area was embanked with concrete retaining walls over 50 years ago and with age, these walls have weakened. Our design approach to alleviating the stresses incurred by these walls was to reduce the soil inside the site and convert the space into a courtyard. We chose to create a scenic space within these walls for the generation to come, who will inherit this site for the next 50 years.

Housing Complex TM / Schenk Hattori

Rayen Sagredo — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 19:00:00 +0000

This overall composition is an aesthetical machine that about the co-existence of generations. As we will be removing small parts of the existing grown housing complex to divide it again, the strong and heavy stone roof will remain. In its symbolism and heritage value it is able to cultivate the in-between of the houses as it defines a covered garden as a new collective element.

House of Calm / Satoru Hirota Architects

Florencia Mena — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:00:00 +0000

This house is built on a very long site from north to south.
The house is located in the center of site,
South side and the north side of this site are each a different garden of features.
The south side of the garden is a static garden for views from the room.
The north side of the garden is the active garden, such as kitchen garden and wisteria.
For winter monsoon is a strong regional,
The roof is a shape, such as escape the wind pressure.
Roof and wall material of high stain resistance and abrasion resistance are selected.
The south side of the gutter is made of steel, but also serve as snow stop function.

Plate / Studio Takuya Hosokai

Cristobal Rojas — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 21:00:00 +0000

Isolated within a seemingly endless stretch of flat, idyllic countryside, a small but dense forest emerges into view. Occupying 4500 square metres, the ancient copse has been preserved and nurtured in its rural setting. Nestled within this unique environment the project acts as small museum. It consists of a market selling locally farmed produce and goods, a restaurant serving dishes using only locally grown ingredients (based on the Chisan-Chisho concept of local production for local consumption), and an event space hosting exhibitions and concerts for the community.

Roadside House / Naf Architect & Design

Cristian Aguilar — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:00:00 +0000

A house was built with a big roof and a wide opening to a private road branched from the frontal road.

Niigata City Konan Ward Cultural Center / Chiaki Arai Urban and Architecture Design

Karen Valenzuela — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This is a complex institution composed of Multipurpose Theatre, Library, Local Museum, and Community Center, which maximizes the merit of compounding four different programs. Each of four zones is connected by a circulation corridor named "Cross Street".

M House / Facet Studio

Daniel Sánchez — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The timber rafters supporting this majestic roof are exposed, and by having no supporting columns they are homogeneously “repeated” at 455mm spacing through the entire 21m east-west length. This rhythm is repeated without any interruption. As if to emphasise this repetition, the shelf columns, supporting the bookshelf extending across the length of the house, are “repeated” at a double, 910mm spacing; by repeating the same rhythm it is corresponding with the overhead roof rafters.

Housing Complex Niigata / Studio Takuya Hosokai + Hirose Architects

Jonathan Alarcón — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Noh, a traditional, Japanese performance art, serves as the main inspiration for the architectural concept. The performance of Noh is heavily reliant upon the use of delicately carved masks. Although at first these masks may appear to present a neutral expression they are formed in such a way as to convey a broad emotional spectrum. Through subtle changes in the actor’s movement and variances in lighting the masks are brought to life. A similar dialogue exists between built form and seasonal and daily changes to the sun’s altitude, weather patterns and fluctuations in atmospheric conditions. This temporal cycle conspires to continuously transform and direct light and shadows, generating a form of architectural expression.

Courtyard House in Peach Garden / Takeru Shoji Architects

Diego Hernández — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This is a private residence for a family of three built on a very particular landscape in the suburban Niigata, Japan. It is on a corner of peach garden in between a historical hinterland of farm villages along the Nakanokuchi River and a heavy traffic highway passing through the whole Niigata prefecture in front.

Forest in the Space / Hiroyuki Arima + Urban Fourth

Javier Gaete — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:00:00 +0000

There is tradition of landscape gardening that succeeded for 300 years in Sanjo, Niigata. There is a meaning, when this project connects the tradition to the next step. People have been conscious to respectfully nurture each tree that was forested in the history of Hasegawa House and has made the best of the fascination towards shapes to match with living spaces. Since a challenge of a new program is planned in the next 10 years, the final design will come in shape in a little future.

RIBBON / Komada Architects' Office

Nico Saieh — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Ribbon is a house built in Niigata city.

One Roof Apartment / Akihisa Hirata

Nico Saieh — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Since there is a lot of snow in winter, terraces are not suitable. We wanted to create a huge roof for the house volumes, which can cover the common space protected from the cold weather.