Japanese modern

While the demand for banquet halls in rural areas had been declining year by year along with Japan's economic decay, COVID-19 from 2019 became pandemic and the demand for banquet halls almost disappeared. Therefore, the owner thought it would be possible to renovate the banquet halls as guest rooms. Caption [Guest rooms] Because it was a banquet hall, the ceiling is high, and because it is on the lower floors, you can see the Haruki River below. Based on these conditions, in order to achieve an overwhelming sense of openness, we decided to raise the level of the floor gradually toward the outside so that the line of sight would naturally be directed upwards, leading to the sky. As you go further inside, the sash naturally lowers, and... More

Maximum snow depth is 2.7m. The Uonuma region, known as the production area of ​​Koshihikari rice, is also one of the world's heaviest snowfall areas. Cedar exterior walls, dome-shaped garage, steep gable roof. In this heavy snowfall area, the climate has nurtured design. In this area with its characteristic indigenousness, the question becomes, “How to design indigenous elements that are actively reinterpreted rather than mimicked sentimentally” (Kenneth Frampton). Kenta Hasegawa Kenta Hasegawa One of the requests from the client was a multi-layered and complicated house, which was an anti-indigenous request compared to the local gable roof. Reinterpreting the meaning of the frequent use of conventional gables, it me... More