Shima Kitchen was built in 2010 for Setouchi International Art Festival. It was laid out in the center of village where small, low-laying houses are crowded together. Mostly, these houses are old, and their facades are covered with traditional charr- burned wooden panels. We co-opted this material to use for an awning running through the trees for shade.
Over the years, this roof material will become worn by wind, rain, and storms. In the same way a tree transforms, renewing itself through the seasons, and continue to grow, the maintenance of the roof is considered an ongoing, cyclical public project.
Since then it was updated with small improvement works almost every year, and done structural renewal work with new roof material in 2019 for longer term maintenance. Shima Kitchen is an architectural exploration of community that continues to engage its residents. It has become as much a part of the local environment as if it were a indigenous plant.
Material Used:
Facade cladding: burnt cedar/ Kyoei wood
Interior wall: stucco / Tanaka lime
Flooring: pine t-30 + stain
Doors: AARA original wooden slide doors
Windows: AARA original wooden slide windows
Roofing: Japanese cypress single/ Kyoei wood
Interior lighting: Maxray
Interior furniture: AARA original stools /Tsubohara Factory
Kichen equipments: MARUZEN
Toilet components: Cera trading, TOTO
