Onkar G on January 22, 2021 No Comments
INSTALLATIONS & STRUCTURES, OTHER FACILITIES, JAPAN
- Architects: junya ishigami + associates
- Area: 4110 m²
- Year: 2020
The text was written by the project curator with reference to the architect’s notes. While working on the outdoor plaza to the KAIT workshop of Kanagawa Institute of Technology (completed in winter of 2008) Junya Ishigami + Associates considered two main characteristics: Versatility and the Semi-outdoor, and what these two would really represent within the project development. ……………………………….
……………………………….. A deep connection between people and the built nature is encouraged through the plaza. Sitting on the floor is suggested though the design to maintain a direct link between the users and the architecturally developed environment. The ground becomes a comfortable hill-like slope, like a huge bed, allowing the body and environment to become merged into one scenery. When experienced all together, the slope, light, raindrop sounds and the built horizon make an emblematic place on campus. A space that offers a raw natural comfort by guiding through specific curated experiences that is “outside-ness”
for details of project click below link…….
