ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/432418/housing-complex-niigata-takuyahosokai-hirose-architects Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Alarcón https://www.archdaily.com/432418/housing-complex-niigata-takuyahosokai-hirose-architects 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.

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