This mobile hut with cooking facilities was designed for use at events on the roof of Tokyu Plaza Omotesando ‘Omokado’. It will be stored in an underground warehouse except when events are being held. Therefore, it was designed with an area of 1.2㎡ and a height of 2m to fit in the loading lift. The front door opens upward and downward to form a counter and eaves. The doorways on either side are designed so that they can be connected when several huts are placed side by side. The hut is equipped with the minimum cooking facilities required to obtain a restaurant licence from the health care center, including a two-tank sink, a water heater, a refrigerator and an induction cooker. As the smallest mobile restaurant, this small hut will greatly expand the possibilities for the use of open space.
Small hut @ Harajuku, Tokyo Client: TOKYU LAND CORPORATION Design: Yu Yamada, Mami Umayahara /SNARK Inc. Construction: DoubleBox Total Area: 1.2㎡ Completion: Apr. 2024 Photo: Ippei Shinzawa
This is an experiential showroom and workshop space located at the foot of Mt. Kannon in Takasaki, Gunma, where visitors can experience “life with a hut.” In this project, we ourselves have been involved in everything from site development to ongoing operation. We began by preparing the land—mowing, surveying, and planning a sloping lot that had once been wooded. The site was developed in accordance with regulations for scenic areas, landslide warning zones, and the Act on Regulation of Residential Land Development, with careful calculations of the soil volume. The huts were placed at intervals across the site and connected by paths. Although the entire grounds cannot be seen from the entrance, visitors can take in the full site and the Takasaki cityscape by moving in and around each hut. Normally, architectural firms design buildings based on given site conditions, but in this project, we designed the site itself. Thinking while making, and making while thinking. By working with our own hands, we aim to open up new possibilities for huts as tools for daily life.
Hut exhibition site @ Takasaki, Gunma Project design, Management: Natsuko Inoue, Yuki Ochiai Concept making: Tetsuro Yasunaga Design: Sunao Koase, Ayaka Seki, Takeo Arika /SNARK Inc. Landscape design: Sunao Koase, Ayaka Seki, Takeo Arika /SNARK Inc. Landscape construction, Planting plan: SNARK D.I.Y., AYANAS Art direction, Logo/Sign/Web design: Yuma Tobishima, Eri Sato /ampersands Construction: トージロー建築工匠, Roccadia design and works Steel products: gambit Total area: 34.78㎡, 22.62㎡ (1F/11.31㎡ 2F/11.31㎡), 11.87㎡ Completion: Jun. 2023 Photo: Yoichi Onoda