Kengo Kuma & Associates

SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama

SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama

Kengo Kuma & Associates

CLIENT
Sunny Hills Japan

PLUMBING
San-ei Setsubi Kogyo

STRUCTURE
Jun Sato Structural Engineers

FACILITIES
Kankyo Engineering

HVAC
San-ei Setsubi Kogyo

CONSTRUCTION
Satohide Corporation

ELECTRICAL
Kokko Systems

DESIGN TEAM
Kengo Kuma, Kenji Miyahara, Hiroaki Akiyama, Yuteki Dozono, Masahiro Minami

PHOTOGRAPHS
Daici Ano

AREA
293 M²

SITE AREA
175.69m2

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Minato, Japan

CATEGORY
Store

This shop, specialized in selling pineapple cake (popular sweet in Taiwan), is in the shape of a bamboo basket.

SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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It is built on a joint system called “Jiigoku-Gumi,” traditional method used in Japanese wooden architecture (often observed in Shoji.

Vertical and cross pieces in the same width are entwined in each other to form a muntin grid).

SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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Normally the two pieces intersect in two dimensions, but here they are combined in 30 degrees in 3 dimensions (or in cubic), which came into a structure like a cloud.

With this idea, the section size of each wood piece was reduced to as thin as 60mm×60mm.

SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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As the building is located in middle of the residential area in Aoyama, we wanted to give some soft and subtle atmosphere to it, which is completely different from a concrete box.

We expect that the street and the architecturecould be in good chemistry.

SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
© Daici Ano
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
© Daici Ano
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
© Daici Ano
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
© Daici Ano
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
© Daici Ano
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
© Daici Ano
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
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SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Second Floor Plan
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Roof Floor Plan
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Ground Floor Plan
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
First Floor Plan


SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Elevation
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Elevation
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Elevation
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Elevation


SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Structure Diagram 7
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Structure Diagram 6
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Structure Diagram 5
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Structure Diagram 4
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Structure Diagram 3
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Structure Diagram 1
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Structure Diagram 2
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama
Site Plan

Kengo Kuma & Associates
T +81 3 3401 7721 F +81 3 3401 7778
Kengo Kuma & Associates
2 Chome-24-8 Minamiaoyama, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0062, Japan