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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

 

群馬県高崎市の観音山の麓にある体験型フィールドショーケースの計画。”小屋のある生活”を体験できる場所として自社で開発から運営までを手掛けるプロジェクトである。雑木林となっていた傾斜地で草刈り、測量、造成計画など敷地作りから始めた。風致地区や宅地造成等規制法、土砂災害警戒区域など各法規に倣いながら土砂量を計算し、地形を整え、点在する小屋同士を距離をおいて配置し、それぞれを繋ぐ道を作った。入り口からは全体が見渡せず、中へ進みそれぞれの小屋を巡るうちに眼下に広がる高崎の街と敷地全体を見渡せるような来場者のシークエンスを計画している。通常、設計事務所としての業務では与えられた敷地条件を元に建物を設計をするが、本プロジェクトでは傾斜地の林を切り開き小屋が建つ敷地から設計している。使いながら考え作る、作りながら考え使う。土地を切り開くところから自ら手を動かし考えることで、生活の道具としての小屋の新たな地平を切り開いていきたい。

 

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.