Not far from Niseko, the winter destination famous for its world-class ski slopes, in the same league as Aspen or St. Moritz, a home for a large family rises in the middle of a three-hectare land of virgin forest, safe from the bustle of the tourist
The privacy of a house and the variety of a city coexist in this mental health center for children in Hokkaido. Chance is introduced as part of the design process, but is not less precise for this reason: precision planning that generates an accident
The privileged site is on a southwestwardly slope facing the sea in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. The programme, consisting of a rehabilitation facility for mentally disabled people, required an ambiguous atmosphere between the intimacy
Devoted to the world of gastronomy and recycling, the pavilion is formed by a three-dimensional grid of girders and footings of solid wood assembled with bolts and rigidified with steel crosses.
The tsunami of 2011 razed the coast of Tohoku in Japan and the subsequent nuclear crisis dramatically threw light on the fragility of conventional construction and energy generation infrastructures. Since then several initiatives have been made to ac
The building is located in a privileged site: the southern side of a mountain overlooking the sea in Hokkaido, at the northern end of Japan. The rectangular volume contains two semi-detached dwellings topped with seven sloping pitched roofs whose for
