The design criteria for the temporary housing for the Kobe Earthquake victims called for an inexpensive structure that could be...
The rectangular site of the house is divided into five equal 15m × 5m rectangles. On two locations, a second...
This is an attempt at using modern materials to preserve the adjustable interior exterior spatial continuity found in the old...
The first permanent paper tube structure, the Paper House is organized on a 10 x 10 meter plan with 110...
By making factory built modularized furniture units (closets and bookshelves) that are 90cm wide and 2.4m high that can bear...
This is a gallery made from a paper tube structure. All vertical loads are carried by the paper tubes and...
Built in a region with heavy snowfall, this second case study house sought to avoid increasing the member sizes of...
Budget constraints, a tight schedule, and the requirement to accommodate heavy machinery yielded a design with pre-cast, pre-stressed concrete slabs...
A simple rectangular volume containing a reinforced concrete structure shop, office, and residence has been inserted into an irregular pentagonal...
Instead of forming each unit by lining up parallel walls, all 9 walls were arranged in an S-shape configuration. Additionally,...
The sloping site was extremely steep in some locations, even greater than 45 degrees, and there was no extra budget...
Anticipating future housing development in the area, the house’s square-shaped plan was rotated 45 degrees from the site to maintain...
In a crowded commercial area, a u-shaped wall (blue) is inserted to cut out the territory of the building. The...
The shipyards of the Osaka Harbour was at the heart of this redevelopment project. Rather than first designing a town,...
Like Villa TCG, Villa K is comprised of three walls. The curved wall stands firmly against the rolling mountains it...
The “Three Walls” concept, which evolves in later works, defines the space within Villa TCG. A stone wall, referencing a...