Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture

Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture 

KYOTO University Global Environmental Architecture + Akimura Flying C

Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka

ARCHITECTS
Akimura Flying C, Kyoto University Global Environmental Architecture

LEAD ARCHITECT
Hiroshi Nakatanvi

STRUCTURAL CONSULTING
Kibako, Yuji Yamanaka

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Shigeno Kunihiko Factory, Candy Farm, Kunihiko Shigeno

CONSTRUCTION
Akimura Corporation

PHOTOGRAPHS
Kiyoshi Nishioka, Augusto Cesar Oyama

AREA
1005 M²

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Omihachiman, Japan

CATEGORY
Landscape Architecture, Educational Architecture

Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka

La Collina Omihachiman, a project of the confectionery manufacturer Taneya Group that aims to coexist with the natural environment, is being developed with many facilities at the foot of Mt. Hachiman near Lake Biwa in Omihachiman City, Shiga Prefecture.

On the project site, the headquarters, main store, and restaurant are being designed by Terunobu Fujimori and constructed one after another, but the "Candy Farm / Tanaya Agri-Culture" was one of the first to be completed and stands back of the site surrounded by trees.

Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Augusto Cesar Oyama
Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka

The architectural concept was to create a building with the same sense of materiality as Japanese confectionery, which delicately handles natural ingredients.

The main role of this facility is to serve as a base for "Candy Farm / Tanaya Agri-Culture," an organization responsible for the cultivation, arranging, and potting of wildflowers for display in Japanese confectionery stores nationwide, as well as research and practice of agriculture and management of landscaping in the area.

Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka
Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka

The work of carrying and arranging the wildflowers in pots naturally evoked the image of a wooden work shed.

The organic shape of the building is a slight arc in response to the site, which is surrounded by trees and a gently sloping mound.

Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka
Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka

The main materials used are a grass roof, wooden plank walls, and bare iron, which will slowly change along with the surrounding nature.

The neighboring cultivation building, which is a nursery house for wildflowers, is juxtaposed with the main building as a pair of distinctive buildings with contrasts in space, color, and quality of lighting while keeping in sync with the form of the main building.

Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka
Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka

In the landscape, we tried to connect the building with the nearby satoyama resources, such as bamboo groves, trees, and wildflowers.

For example, bamboo chip pavement was created by maintaining an abandoned bamboo grove, acorn seedlings collected in satoyama were planted to create a forest on the site, and wildflowers were used as pallets for seedlings to grow into grass roofs.

Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka
Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka

Nearly 10 years after its completion, the bamboo chips have begun to blend into the soil, the trees around the building have grown, and the vegetation on the grass roof has settled. The collaboration between nature and people will continue as we search for the ideal building and landscape that will fit in with the natural environment of Omihachiman.



Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Augusto Cesar Oyama
Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Augusto Cesar Oyama
Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Augusto Cesar Oyama
Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka


Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka
Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka
Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka
Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka
Candy Farm - Taneya Agri-Culture
© Kiyoshi Nishioka


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