Plastic House
Plastic House
Plastic House
Plastic House
2002.05
Private residence
172.75m2
I have employed plastic for the project, the house for a mother (writer) and a son (photographer). The dwelling stands in the center of the city and various parts of ‘living’ are open to the urban condition. Mother’s room is a small antique museum and there is a constant flow of people in and out the studio. Outdoor open space on the ground floor is a tearoom without roof where the client holds the tea ceremonies for his friends. The roof terrace is his outdoor studio and also the party space in the air.
I intended to form such a relationship to the city through the use of plastic (FRP). In Edo period the material, wood lead the tenant housing to the creation of the cityscape. Relation is not to be described=realized by its plan. It is to be realized by its materiality. FRP is 4mm thick material in various shapes from pultrusion. I created relationships of different qualities by combining these shapes.
It is a very unique material that sometimes appears like rice paper and sometimes like bamboo due to the quality of contained fibers. I designed details with special treatment not to lessen this quality. Instead of using bead at joints, butyl rubber and plastic screws were selected for the construction. The materiality of plastic that appears like a living creature would stand by using these details then the material starts to communicate to our body. In this project I thought of ‘living’ not through the plan, but through the material.
Shinkenchiku 2002.07
Nikkei Architecture 2002 7-22, 2003 2-3
KenchikuGijutsu 2003 01 No.636
Detail 154 2002 October
CONFORT 2002 10 No.57
DETAIL 2002.12
FLAME 32 2003
2002.05
住宅
172.75m2
2枚の4mm厚FRP(ガラス繊維補強プラスティック)の間に、光を透過する断熱材を挟んで、障子のようなトランスルーセントな効果を持つ外壁を作ることができた。障子のようなトランスルーセント(半透過性)な素材を用いて、日本の伝統的空間のもつ、やわらかな光の質を、現代の都市の中で再生しようと試みた。階段やバルコニーの床にはFRPでできた既製品のグレーチングを用い、手摺にもFRP製の角パイプ、丸パイプを用いた。FRPの持つ、生物的な柔らかさ、やさしさを活かし、都市と共に呼吸するような、生物的住宅を作りたいと考えた。プラスチックのような工業製品を用いても、人間の身体となじむやわらかく、やさしい空間をつくることに挑戦した。
新建築 2002.7
日経アーキテクチュアー 2002.7-22, 2003.2-3
建築技術 2003.1 No.636
ディテール 154 2002.10
CONFORT 2002.10 No.57
DETAIL 2002.12
FLAME 32