The facility consists of a museum, 10 villa-style accommodations, and a restaurant on a 4.6ha site facing the Seto Inland...
This is a plan of an accommodation facility where guests can experience“zazen” on a small, lush site on Awaji Island....
Second project for “Shishi-iwa House” in Karuizawa. The simple two-story rectangular plan evolved from the very tight rectangular site. The...
On February 2, 2021, Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN) demonstrated Paper Partition System at mock vaccination center in Komatsu, Ishikawa.Cooperated with:...
The restaurant is built in the midst of a large natural field and serves fresh vegetables from there. The thatched...
In order to form an east-west and north-south axis in front of Higashi-Shizuoka Station, a high-rise library was planned in...
Due to Japan’s excessive regulations against timber structures, it is impossible to build a “pure” mid-rise timber structure, so a...
VAN has developed the“Paper Partition System”to be used in order to prevent spreading of virus transmitted through droplets.  March 14th,–...
A grid was found to accommodate storage, display shelves, lighting, and air conditioning for the cafe’s needs, and the entire...
Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN) and Shigeru Ban Architects provided 1300 units of Paper Partition System (PPS) as a relief to...
Villa-type accommodation facility planned in a vast forest of about 16,000m². With taking advantage of the shape of the land,...
This small book shop / café space, also used as community space for local residents and students, is an extension...
A new living room is added to a cottage at the foot of Yatsugatake. On the gable side of the...
The Kur Restaurant is composed of paper tubes made of wood and recycled paper. It serves as the reception to...
When visiting the site in Karuizawa, there was a forest unique to Karuizawa where beautiful trees grow thick. The first...