Convertion
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Project • By ATELIER WRITE • Shops
KOYO BASE
KOYO BASE, operated by tableware manufacturer Koyo Toki, is an experience facility for the production of ceramic in Toki City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The project is to convert the former warehouse building into a dining cafe, shop, and other facilities.
Kenta Hasegawa
Toki City is one of the leading ceramic production areas in Japan, developed by its high quality clay, and accounts for the majority of ceramic production in Japan.
Kenta Hasegawa
Mino ware, the ceramic produced in the Tono region of southern Gifu Prefecture, including Toki City, has changed in response to the needs of each period, and is said to be characterized by its wide variety of styles and lack of characteristics. Koyo Toki is no exception to this rule, and... More
Project • By spillmann echsle architekten • Libraries
Militaerkaserne, Zurich
The military barracks are integrated into an overall compound designed according to the master plan by Johann Caspar Wolff. Their staggered, axial arrangement includes stables, a riding arena, depots, the parade ground and the armoury, which concludes the premises to the north. The grounds extend over the River Sihl and connect the city centre to the Aussersihl district. The barracks were subsequently constructed in a historicist style between 1873 and 1876 according to plans by Wolff’s successor, Johann Jakob Müller. The design gave the ideologically characterised development a fortified expression, its sandstone masonry tower acting as a central avant-corps. The proposed project to convert it into an education centre... More