Underground Structures
I researched underground structures and buildings that are built into a hill, this was because of the idea of trying to preserve the 'landscape' which for me the catacombs are apart of moulded into the slope of the hill and look as if they have been there for many years.
It fits into my clients brief as he is a man that likes being secluded and shut off from other people whilst at home and work. He is a very high tech man who likes to show off his work and assets. He like extravagant houses and is interested in modern designs.
Smaller tightly compacted houses
Kenji Architectural Studio
Architects: Ido, Kenji Architectural Studio
Location: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Architect In Charge: Kenji Ido
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 94.46 sqm
The house is designed for 4 members of a family with two kids.
Architects: Ido, Kenji Architectural Studio
Location: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Architect In Charge: Kenji Ido
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 94.46 sqm
The house is designed for 4 members of a family with two kids.
The building’s white box is completely different from the building of the neighborhood. It is the appearance which the cylindrical volume of the second floor rotated 14 degrees penetrates into the building. Box-shaped cantilevered stairs are floating in the void.
SOHO + apartment by Schemata Architects – Tokyo, Japan
built in a densely residential area in Nakano, Tokyo, is a small building of a SOHO and an apartment for rent. The front road is really narrow, but the next apartment has a big open space between the road and the building. In order to this situation, the facade of 63.02° is inclined 63.02 degrees toward the front road, so that a wide and deep view is acquired. From the large windows that are opened on the inclined facade, you can see neighbor’s cherry tree and the cityscape.
built in a densely residential area in Nakano, Tokyo, is a small building of a SOHO and an apartment for rent. The front road is really narrow, but the next apartment has a big open space between the road and the building. In order to this situation, the facade of 63.02° is inclined 63.02 degrees toward the front road, so that a wide and deep view is acquired. From the large windows that are opened on the inclined facade, you can see neighbor’s cherry tree and the cityscape.
Billboard Building by Klein Dytham Architecture – Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo is filled with tiny buildings on awkward sites – what fellow Tokyo-based architect Yoshiharu Tsukamoto has termed “pet architecture”. They are wedged onto tiny slivers of land left over from the slicing and dicing of land by urban planning and property development processes. This building is our very own example of pet architecture.
Tokyo is filled with tiny buildings on awkward sites – what fellow Tokyo-based architect Yoshiharu Tsukamoto has termed “pet architecture”. They are wedged onto tiny slivers of land left over from the slicing and dicing of land by urban planning and property development processes. This building is our very own example of pet architecture.
Tower House by Atelier Bow-Wow – Tokyo, Japan
LOCATION Shinagawa
Tokyo Tokyo Metropolis
Japan
FLOOR AREA 65 m² (700 sq ft)
ACCESSIBILITY Neither the exterior nor the interior can be viewed
LOCATION Shinagawa
Tokyo Tokyo Metropolis
Japan
FLOOR AREA 65 m² (700 sq ft)
ACCESSIBILITY Neither the exterior nor the interior can be viewed
Integrating nature and buildings
There are many methods of intergrating nature to a building these are some of the examples that I thought what sums up the relationship.
The obvious methods above all show the use of grass and adding grass onto the structure either on it or on top of it to create a balance with nature.
The connection here is that a larger amount of glass is used to create the connection not physically but mentally and emotionally as it gives the sense that you are at one with nature.
The use of materials is another connection that can be made to nature as choosing the right material as having a brick building in the middle of a forest will not look as natural as a wooden building. The connection can be scuttle or there are ways of expressing it through shapes.