Kanda SU/ Nest House
takeshi noguchi

Kanda SU/ Nest House

This is the 'Urban Nest' with mud wall designed and built by an architect himself in the office building, Tokyo.SU' is a 'Nest' in Japanese, which means 'self-built spiritual place for life.'

photo_credit takeshi noguchi
takeshi noguchi
photo_credit takeshi noguchi
takeshi noguchi
photo_credit takeshi noguchi
takeshi noguchi
photo_credit takeshi noguchi
takeshi noguchi

An architect who is living in an office bldg. to appeal for urban dwelling and conversion has changed the place for 10 years from 'closed space with artificial materials' to 'open and spiritual space with natural materials' with as a start of wife's mental illness. For the comfort in the square space, curved mud walls and ceilings that have organic forms are designed according to the flow of 'Chi (Ki)' -the energy of the air, wind and sunlight.

photo_credit takeshi noguchi
takeshi noguchi
photo_credit takeshi noguchi
takeshi noguchi
photo_credit takeshi noguchi
takeshi noguchi
photo_credit takeshi noguchi
takeshi noguchi
photo_credit takeshi noguchi
takeshi noguchi

This space has built as not only private residence but free space for the community with workshop which supported by the city development program of the ward.

 After opening, this place which has lots of events about community and environment is 'connecting people ' and growing as an base of community in the centre of Tokyo.

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