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KANAME NO MORI : Keystone Forest Commercial Building / Nori Architects + Takada Landscape Design Co.

Hana Abdel — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Architecture as the "keystone" of environmental regeneration - KANAME NO MORI is a newly constructed commercial building facing the Palm shopping arcade in Musashikoyama, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo. The project is envisioned to be an economic success as a commercial complex, to contribute to the district revitalization, and to create a healthy ecosystem of soil, water, and air. We believe that architecture should play a key role in the regeneration of the environment.

Minimum House in Toyota / Nori Architects

Hana Abdel — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 01:00:00 +0000

A New Prototype of Urban Housing - A house for a young couple and their two children in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture. Located on a long and narrow site east to west, there is heavy traffic on the west side of the road, buildings closely adjacent on the north and south sides with a wide opening to the sky in the southeast on the second floor. The massing is a compact box with a frontage of 2 ken(3.6m) x depth of 7.5 ken(13.6m) , 15 tsubo(50m2) x 2 floors = 30 tsubo(100m2) in total, with a height of approximately 6 m. The structure is divided into three levels. A large window on the southeast wall of the living room connects to the urban void.

Good Cycle Building / Nori Architects + Asanuma Corporation

Andreas Luco — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Architecture in the cycle. Asanuma corporation, a general construction company, is promoting "GOOD CYCLE BUILDING", a project to renovate a 30-year-old building into an environment-friendly building as the first flagship of the project. The existing building frame was utilized and modified to increase accessibility to natural light and wind, and new materials were added as much as possible using natural materials such as earth and wood so that the building users can be involved in the construction and maintenance.