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Kamigori Nursery School / Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates

Hana Abdel — Fri, 20 May 2022 18:00:00 +0000

By arranging four wooden buildings with different functions around a courtyard in a windmill shape, we wanted to create an open and highly secure education and childcare space. From the outside, one can catch a glimpse of children’s activities through the gap between the buildings, and from within the garden, the children and teachers have a view of the surrounding mountains over the roof.

Komame Commons Community Center / Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates

Hana Abdel — Thu, 19 May 2022 18:00:00 +0000

A project that involved seismic reinforcement and conversion of a concrete block apple orchard monitoring outhouse built by the client’s father-in-law into a common space with multiple functions such as after-school, elder care, and a consumers’ Co-op station.

Hankai House / Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates

Nico Saieh — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Renovation of an old house, in an attempt to convert the traditional program to that of a modern house by replacing the decrepit sections. The deteriorated 300-years old wooden gate house, the “oku” (private section) and the northern volume under lean-to roof were dismantled, leaving the relatively well-kept 90-years-old main building with its traditional square grid plan (with four rooms). After that, around the main building, a private room, water utilities and the traffic line (ramp) are added. Excess in the original floor space is reduced to correspond to the size of the family.

Chushin-ji / Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates

Nico Saieh — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Chushin-ji is a Buddhist temple nestled in the Japan Alps. It boasts a long history of over 550 years. The head priest desired to make use of these Priest’s Quarters for such events as exhibitions, lectures and concerts where locals can gather.

Gather / Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates

Nico Saieh — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This is a renovation project of twenty-seven years old wooden residence built in a low-storey and high-density town areas of southern Osaka City. The intent was to solve numerous problems of the existing house at once, applying a single rule, undulating lattice surfaceﾓ. The concept is to respond to every functional change by making undulating walls composed of the lattice surface that uses nearly one thousand 2 x 4 woods.

Between / Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates

Nico Saieh — Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This is a two-family home with a 'garden'. The Garden is on the second floor, that is, we sandwiched the garden in between the two-family residence space. The site area is too small to put a garden on the ground beside the building. So we located a garden between the podium made of RC and the wooden section floating over it. The ground floor is for the parents, and the wooden third floor is for their children and grandchildren. There is a dining kitchen on the same level as the garden, however it is like a part of the garden. So the floor is like a 'doma '( a Japanese traditional earthen floor).

SHIP / Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates

Nico Saieh — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

A residence built on a two-tiered site with a level difference of 3 meters. Because of the concern remained about the credibility of embankment and retaining wall built along the housing development, the foundation was laid on natural ground beneath the lower tier which was more reliable as the supporting stratum. The steel-made volume for public rooms floats over the retaining wall and above the upper tier for better view. Private rooms are arranged along the lower tier where the atmosphere is calm, at a distance from the front road, within a reinforced concrete structure which functions as a counterbalance to the overhanging volume.

Clover House / Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates

Nico Saieh — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

A housing land development ground and the existing retaining wall were excavated to create space with double-height in the basement, and, in addition, a flat glass box was layered on the ground to accommodate the house space to dwell. It has been proved that excavate techniques enables spaces to be free-formed. A cloverleaf hall with 4.6 meters ceiling height is a common space for the family, and following this space, some laterally excavated spaces lies, which looks like Yaodong, Chinese traditional underground houses, and the each space functions as a private room for study and kitchen and bathroom.

Grappa / Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates

Nico Saieh — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

“heta-ti” (hull land) – the land that is left over into pieces