This shop, specialized in selling pineapple cake (popular sweet in Taiwan), is in the shape of a bamboo basket. It is built on a joint system called “Jiigoku-Gumi,” traditional method used in Japanese wooden architecture (often observed in Shoji: vertical and cross pieces in the same width are entwined in each other to form a muntin grid). Normally the two pieces intersect in two dimensions, but here they are combined in 30 degrees in 3 dimensions (or in cubic), which came into a structure like a cloud. With this idea, the section size of each wood piece was reduced to as thin as 60mm×60mm.
As the building is located in middle of the residential area in Aoyama, we wanted to give some soft and subtle atmosphere to it, which is completely different from a concrete box. We expect that the street and the architecture could be in good chemistry.
Design Architecture Kengo Kuma & Associates
Structure Jun Sato Structural Engineering
Facilities Kankyo Engineering
Construction Satohide Corporation
Site Area 175.69m2
Building Area 102.36m2
Total Floor Area 293.00m2
No. of Floors BF1, 1F, 2F, RF
Structure Reinforced Concrete Partially Timber
Construction Period 2012.November〜2013.December
Primary use Store (retail)
Client Sunny Hills Japan
Architecture Kengo Kuma & Associates
Team Member: Kengo Kuma, Kenji Miyahara, Hiroaki Akiyama,
Yuteki Dozono, Masahiro Minami
Structure Jun Sato Structural Engineering
Team Member: Jun Sato, Mika Araki, Kenichi Inoue
Facilities Kankyo Engineering
Team Member: Kazunari Ooshima, Minako Goto
Construction Management Kengo Kuma & Associates
Team Member: Kengo Kuma, Hiroaki Akiyama, Yuteki Dozono
Construction─────────────────
Architecture Satohide Corporation
Team Member: Shinichiro Imaike, Mitsuru Niwano, Yoshihiro Ueda
HVAC San-ei Setsubi Kogyo
Plumbing San-ei Setsubi Kogyo
Electric Kokko Systems
Size─────────────────
Site Area 175.69m2
Building Area 102.36m2
Total Floor Area 293.00m2
Ground Level 101.78m2
1F 94.29m2
2F 96.93m2
Penthouse 24.97m2
Building Coverage 58.26% (maximum allowed: 60%)
Floor area ratio 166.77% (maximum allowed: 281.60%)
Dimension─────────────────
Highest point 9,965mm
Eave height 8,820mm
Floor to Floor retail space: 3,320mm
Floor to ceiling retail space: 2,940mm
Site Specification─────────────────
地域地区 第二種中高層住居専用地域 準防火地域 第三種高度地区
Width of the road East 7.04m West ■■m South ■■m North 5.50m
Parking lot 1 car
Structure─────────────────
Primary Structure: Reinforced Concrete Partially Timber
Pile/Foundation: Solid Concrete Foundation
Facilities─────────────────
HVAC System: Multiple heat pump
Heat Source: Gas
Elevator: 11 people, 40m/min electric
Construction Period─────────────────
Design phase 2012 January~2012 October
Construction phase 2012 November~2013 December
Exterior Finish─────────────────
Roof: Galvanized Steel plate fluororesin paint (SHINSEI)
Exterior wall: Sprayed Lithing
Opening: Steel Sash (Ad-Works), Wood Sash(Tamiya), Aluminum Sash (Sankyo Tateyama Aluminum)
Landscape: Evergreen Benthamidia japonica, Ophiopogon japonicus, Schefflera forst (GreenWise)
Interior Finish─────────────────
Ground level store space
Floor: Natural soil wall with sanage stone (Nishizawa Kogyo), Ashinoishi Stone (Shiroi Sekizai)
Wall: Natural soil wall with sanage stone (Nishizawa Kogyo)
Ceiling: Structural Plywood, Japanese cypress (Suiho Fabrication Company)
1st Level store space
Floor: Cork tile (Kobe Cork)
Wall: Hand made washi paper (Kadoide Washi), Structural plywood, Cork tile
Ceiling: structural plywood, Japanese cypress(beam)
2nd Level meeting room:
Floor: Cork tile
Wall: hand made washi paper, structural plywood
Ceiling: structural plywood, Japanese cypress
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