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architecture Onigiri House - Oita, Japan
Onigiri House - Oita, Japan |
Monday, 25 February 2008 |
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 Architecture and adaptation go hand in hand - many of the types and styles of buildings created in the past will not translate into our current design discourse. Only when architects acknowledges the world around us is changing, becoming more complex, can they successfully create functional space. Japan's NKS architects design buildings that re-frame space - adapt to changes in their surroundings. The small wooden Onigiri House in the countryside of southern Japan was built for an older couple in attempt to keep costs down while maximizing space. The house's main structure forms a triangular tube-shape and is made from thick cedar boards, traditionally used for ship scaffolding. Windows are spaced along the top where the boards lean together as well as in intervals along the base of the house. Additional glass doors within a glass frame fill the end of the tube. An obvious connection to nature is essential to most Japanese architects - and here the placement of windows and doors allows light and wind to penetrate the entire space. By Andrew J Wiener  More of NKS work below   |
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