House in Shima

House in Shima
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HOUSE IN SHIMA

Nanometer Architecture

MANUFACTURERS
Fabricscape

PHOTOGRAPHS
Tololo Studio

CONTRACTOR
Yamaguchi Construction

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Unno Structural Laboratory

AREA
182 m²

YEAR
2020

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Shima, Japan

The site is located at the entrance to the forest of a national park where untouched nature spreads in Shima City, Mie Prefecture. The owner is a young couple.The family will increase to four.

House in Shima
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House in Shima
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He is a self-proclaimed Shima tourism ambassador. The request was a place that invites many people to enjoy Shima and feel like the natural air.

The fragments of hope spun out from the owner’s request were like the ideal event before the building and the furniture necessary for it.

House in Shima
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House in Shima
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So I scattered the fixture in this forest. I dare to say that it is a piece of furniture, not a piece of furniture that is left to the owner, but a piece of work that is planned and created together. Well, the word structure has two meanings.

One is the combination and mechanism of the various parts that make up the whole. (e.g, earthquake-resistant structure).

House in Shima
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House in Shima
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The other is the whole and various relationships that are created by connecting various elements to each other. (e.g, social structure). Shima’s house created the latter structure.

Of course, using the structure of the wooden frame construction, the columns and beams of the structure can be seen in the room, but it is superficial.

House in Shima
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House in Shima
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From the events and creations, floors, walls and roofs can be seen, the shape of the building can be seen, behavior is encouraged, the behavior of the inhabitants and visitors is mixed, and all elements of life are mixed, this house is completed.

In this respect, I think the fixture creates a structure that is more than the skeleton of the building.

Speaking of structure, the beauty and newness of the frame tend to be the focus of attention, but when I thought about how to capture it, I came up with “a structure created from work.” It feels like cells are gathered together to make a living thing.

House in Shima
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House in Shima
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House in Shima
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It is a living structure that creates independent, yet united objects. Applications are guided by the structure. We realized that the unity of fixture that can be a structure becomes architecture.


House in Shima
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House in Shima
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House in Shima
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House in Shima
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House in Shima
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House in Shima
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House in Shima
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House in Shima
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House in Shima
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House in Shima
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House in Shima
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House in Shima
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House in Shima
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