Japanese joinery
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Project • By TAKESHI ISHIODORI ARCHITECTURE • Private Houses
House in Kina
This one-story wooden house was built for a family of four in Yomitan Village, located in the central part of the main island of Okinawa.Although it's common in Okinawa to build houses with reinforced concrete, the owner wanted a wooden house, not for cost reasons (in fact, wooden construction is more expensive than reinforced concrete in Okinawa). They wanted to create a house that would age with them and be part of the natural cycle of life, where everything eventually returns to the earth. Our design was based on positive and sustainable thinking, guided by the clients outlook on life.
Studio Marsh - Norio Numaguchi
The house is situated in a residential area called Kina, Yomitan Village, which was the location of the Ryukyu dynast... More
News • News • 18 Jun 2021
10 highlights in the work of Kengo Kuma
At 10 years old Kengo Kuma decided he wanted to become an architect when his father took him to see the Yoyogi National Gymnasium by Kenzo Tange. By the time he reached college he traveled to search for something to replace the predominant building materials concrete and steel. After visiting sun-dried brick houses in the Sahara and modest wooden houses on Japanese islands, he became convinced that the age of large tall buildings had come to an end, in place for small- scale architecture informed by rural villages.
In the 90s during the Japanese economic downturn Kuma had the chance to work on small buildings in the countryside. Working with local craftsmen he noticed the stark contrast between them and the building managers in Tokyo... More
News • News • 26 Jun 2020
New Miami sushi restaurant offers a playful contemporary take on traditional Japanese joinery
Miami’s new Kosushi Restaurant by Studio Arthur Casas offers customers the experience of Japanese vernacular architecture combined with a highly creative, and contemporary take on wood joinery and materiality.
Filippo Bamberghi
Central to the space is a woodworking concept that creates moments of wonder and surprise. Inspired by Japanese building traditions, the structure draws from the Japanese art of joinery, in which structures are created with complex joints and without the use of glue or metal supports.
Filippo Bamberghi
Light oak was used for the entirety of the restaurant’s woodwork and is combined with grayish tones and concrete textures for the walls. All design metals are in a bronze finish, re... More