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Utsunomiya Beauty School / Shin Ohori - General Design

Javier Gaete — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

When we were commissioned to work on this project, Utsunomiya Beauty School was in need of renovation because of two reasons; firstly they needed more space to accommodate the increasing number of students, and secondly the building was becoming too old and dysfunctional. We renovated the existing building and attached an annex on the north side. Our design intension was to express a fresh and contemporary image of beauty school.

Photographer's Weekendhouse / Shin Ohori - General Design

Javier Gaete — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

It was challenging to find a starting point from a flat site of about 1500 square meters near the KUJYUKURI beach where the desolate landscape spreads out. After studying various ideas from a tower overlooking the Pacific Ocean through several small houses scattering around, we finally reached a solution incorporating a one-storied courthouse with four courtyards. We felt that the strength and simplicity of its structure fitted well with this extensive open space. The volume of rough concrete blended in with its desolate landscape as if it were there for an eternity.

House in Higashiyama / Shin Ohori - General Design

Javier Gaete — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This house has a composition of typical urban house in Tokyo. It is usually three-storey house with top portion cut off at an angle designated by height restriction code, in order to build the maximum allowable volume.