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Hiraya Pavilion in Sapporo / YKAA

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Conceived as a small multifunctional pavilion and studio, the project began with a simple question: how can we create a sense of openness and generosity within a limited footprint while keeping costs low?

Solarium House / YKAA

Hana Abdel — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0000

From the get-go, our simplicity-loving clients, a couple with their three dogs, requested a compact house with a sunroom where everyone could come together. However, the land presented a certain challenge - it is located in a chaotic urban zone with high-rise buildings, landscape company facilities and parking lots with limited natural light. As a result, we started looking into different ways to handle natural light as well as to create an open space in this particular context. In addition, during this process, we realized that it would be important to design a dwelling place with a sense of psychological distance from its surroundings.

Hokkaido University of Science Buildings DEF / TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers

Hana Abdel — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 02:00:00 +0000

There were many goals to be achieved by Buildings D, E, and F, when they were planned as new buildings of the Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University of Science.

360° House / YUUA

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 23:00:00 +0000

The ‘360° House’ is a freestanding house located in the outskirt hills of Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. The residence is designed around a circular courtyard with timber construction radiating outward into the interior of the building. The interior spaces are oriented towards the courtyard and follow the radial lines set out by the visible timber beams. The layout of the rooms is determined by a circular path of access wrapping around the courtyard, giving the dweller an ever-changing perspective of the courtyard and the interiors surrounding it. Hence, the dweller might see the courtyard function as an architectural clock; dynamically lighting up different parts of the building during the day and continually changing during the seasons.

Infinite Landscape Pavilion / Ryo Yamada

Hana Abdel — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +0000

This is architecture built in a lake. But then again, if architecture is defined as something “to support the human life” this is not architecture, as what this place supports is just the “the time spent there.”

DESCENTE BLANC Sapporo Store / Schemata Architects

Hana Abdel — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

We designed a DESCENTE BLANC shop-in-shop at Stellar Place, a shopping mall in Sapporo. While it is the smallest among all the DESCENTE BLANC stores, we took advantage of its relatively wide storefront to display the merchandize effectively by installing a vertically movable hanger bar system perpendicular to the storefront.

Office M / takaomi yoshimoto + associates

Hana Abdel — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 02:00:00 +0000

Renovation project that turns a wooden apartment into an office. Since it was their own office, we challenged to construct it independently. I drew the drawings as much as possible and immediately thought about it on the spot, and if it failed, I should dismantle it.

The R wall in Fukui / Yoshichika Takagi + associates

Hana Abdel — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 01:00:00 +0000

Tohaku Hasegawa’s “Shorin-zu (Pine Trees)” is delicately and boldly drawn with much blank space left on the canvas. It looks incomplete but is very attractive because of the existence of the blank space (ground), on which we can imagine and envision various things that are not actually drawn. The relationship between the figure and the ground in Western art is also a topic close to the above. Lucio Fontana’s “Attese (Spatial Concepts: Expectation)” was made by accurately cutting the painted canvas to create the ground in the figure, building a new relationship between the figure and the ground.

Makomanai Church, United Church of Christ in Japan / Atelier BNK

Andreas Luco — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 21:00:00 +0000

This project involved the remodeling of a church founded 50 years ago. Located in a suburb of Sapporo, the church stands in a residential area near the Olympic Memorial Park, facing a tree-lined avenue. The church runs a kindergarten, with which it shares the site. The lot is not square and has little leeway in terms of space. This remodeling plan required us to maximize the church space in order to achieve openness, while retaining the original functions of the church.

Kasho Gyoen Hotel / Hiramoto Design Studio

Andreas Luco — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:00:00 +0000

With an area of around one hectare, the site is located within Shikotsu-Toya National Park in Hokkaido. Near the site there is a renowned hot spring village, Jozankei Onsen. The site is about 10 minutes’ drive from there, standing alone in the mountains, and you can appreciate the original Hokkaido landscape. On my first visit to the site, I felt a bit fearful at the power of nature. So the beginning point of my idea was this fear. I wanted to turn this feeling from fear into delight.

House in Shinkawa / Yoshichika Takagi

Daniel Sánchez — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 17:00:00 +0000

This is a house with a space that looks like an interior as well as an exterior. The space has a large air volume, covered with a roof and translucent surface which keep off the rain and wind. However, it doesn't have heat insulation performance. It could be positioned on the extension of the Japanese traditional earth floor or the sun room seen in houses of Hokkaido. Here we call it a "terrace" because it is a half-exterior space that is bright and open. From spring to autumn, it works as a part of the living space. And in winter it works like a glasshouse, which keeps off the severe cold.

Tadao Ando Envelops Giant Buddha Statue in Lavender-Planted Hill Temple

Patrick Lynch — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has designed a monumental lavender-covered temple enveloping a giant statue of Buddha at the Makomanai Takino Cemetery in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo.

Rokkatei Makomanai Hall / Furuichi and Associates

Cristobal Rojas — Sun, 29 May 2016 20:00:00 +0000

This architecture possesses two functions: a confectionary shop and a concert hall. Both exterior and interior can change their atmosphere according to the two different functions as well as acoustics. In other words, this architecture has a “double face”. Also the client wanted use wood for the interior design to enhance the image of the shop, since Hokkaido is a leading forestry area.

OH8 Office / takaomi yoshimoto + associates

Karen Valenzuela — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:00:00 +0000

While utilizing the merit of the existing building, the project aims to improve the heat insulating effect at a low cost.

House K / Yoshichika Takagi

Daniel Sánchez — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 21:00:00 +0000

For this residential housing project, the client desired an open space within an indoor environment. But at the same time, one of the other conditions was that it should reveal the house shape on the exterior. This was on account of the client's wishes, as they liked the village feeling of being surrounded by other residential houses, but the actual site was in the regular residential area surrounded by manufactured houses.

Spiral House / Keikichi Yamauchi architects and associates

Daniel Sánchez — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 19:00:11 +0000

The house is located on a corner site at the bottom of a sloping road in a residential district with some remaining natural elements, in the southeast region of Sapporo City, Hokkaido. The site naturally has a 1.4-meter gap at the ground level, but we chose to keep it untouched at an early stage due to the limited budget. After considering several schemes, we finalized a split level scheme utilizing the 1.4-meter gap, equivalent to 1/2 of the floor height, without much difficulty.

Nakanosawa Project / Ryo Yamada

Karen Valenzuela — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:00:35 +0000

If this house could speak, it would say, “I dream never to be completed.”

Ryo Yamada's Installation Connects Garden Goers to the Sky

Jennifer Whelan — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Ryo Yamada's "Air Garden" installation is a passage, but not in the traditional sense of the word. It's not a passage that connects one point to another, since the walkway does not lead to a tangible destination, but rather a passage that connects an enclosed garden to the vastness of the open sky. The artist believes everyone shares a common desire for the sky, which represents freedom and equality. Read on after the break for more information, images and a video.