Engawa
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Project • By TAELON7 • Pavilions
Limbo Engawa
In many rapidly urbanizing contexts, unfinished concrete structures are surrounded by what appears to be leftover land — terrain vague, vegetation, or informal farmland. Yet neither these buildings nor the land around them are empty. Skeletal structures are often inhabited or temporarily occupied, while the surrounding ground is cultivated, producing food and sustaining livelihoods within the city.
Juergen Benson-Strohmayer
Limbo Engawa is situated at the threshold between unfinished architecture and landscape. It occupies the space between concrete skeletons and cultivated ground, creating a soft transition where there is usually an abrupt edge. By introducing human-scaled elements into oversized and often abandoned megastructu... More
Project • By MUS ARCHITECTS • Private Houses
FOREST ENGAWA
The term "Forest Engawa" is a combination of a Japanese architectural element and the context of our project.
The project of a single-family house in Miłoszyce near Wrocław is a contemporary interpretation of a single-story pavilion immersed in a forest clearing. The building was conceived as a calm, horizontal form that does not dominate the landscape but enters into an equal dialogue with it. The starting point was the need to create a house with a distinct identity while being maximally integrated with the surrounding forest and the daily routine of its inhabitants.
MUS ARCHITECTS
Concept, Context, and Assumptions
The architecture of the house is shaped by a combination of Japan-inspired minimalism with functionality and warmth c... More
News • News • 11 Mar 2021
Tennessee mountain house inspired by Japanese form and aesthetics
Looking out to the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, the Short Mountain House by Sanders Pace Architecture is divided into three distinct pavilions. This strategy allows space to be efficiently compartmentalized to meet the needs of the owner or expanded into adjacent pavilion areas when extra space is required for guests.
Keith Isaacs Photo
The pavilions are oriented in a way that defines a unique series of negative/exterior spaces around the house and allows for clear sightlines into the surrounding landscape. Connectors designed as bridges span the space between the pavilions, linking them together.
Keith Isaacs Photo
Though the simple gable roofs are in keeping with the region’s vernacular, the roof pitches are based... More