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Stacked to the icon

Stacked to the icon

The topographical movement of the site sat down in the bü -Fort, which was given to the clin road intersection with a gesture of the opening. Breaked by the site, the construction appears hermetich and looks like a stacked wooden light like a random. The slightly crossed location creates a hexes of both ends. For interior, this results in exciting rooms with unexpected openings and niches. The creative hub and co-worker room Kibi Koge n Square in the Japanese town of Kibichuo is an external timber building. The plans come from the renowned architectural bönro Kengo Kuma & Associates. The order -based company Nakashima, which develops computer system, is the contractor.

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Massive hardwood beams are stacked in the facade at an angle.

The open tree, which impresses with closed and repeated impression of the bretting wood structures, embodies the desired spirit of openness and cooperation.

Kengo Kuma & Associates

With the project of the reclassified Japanese architect, implemented his vision of a contemporary bisbüudes. “The open tree, which is easy to do by closed and repetitive impression of horticulture, bretting wood ostriches, embodies the desired spirit of openness and interior of the Ötzer-ear-ear-earloben-community-VISha-table mixture.

Environmentally friendly design principles

Kengo Kuma was named the most influential architect of the world by Time Magazine in 2021. With pairs of design philosophy, which always aims to reconcile humans, nature and began environment, he hardly hits the nerves with hardly any other.

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Cross -part with a view: The Masssing wood carriers look like they were silent about the ground.

In an interview with Art summit He said: “In the 20th century, many architects, the environment and architecture tried to separate from each other (…). However, I try to close this gap by using environmentally friendly design principles. “

To separate from each other with the architect, environment and architecture in the 20th century (…). However, I try to close this gap.

Kengo Kuma, architect

These principles include the use of natural materials, such as the fields and scale embedding of architecture in the roice or natural context. This usually creates immersive experiences for the users of his buildings, regardless of whether it is one Futuristic bathing templea Museum of Modern Art Or a Coffee house Acts.

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In the side view, the brewing in the wooden sculpture.

A person experience

Even the co-workers and pretends by Kibi Kogn n Sard Ward work with an enormous experience. The massing carriers made of boarding wood over the view of the border center Siedylungszone Fei, dying is praised by a denal bavarian growth.

Indirect Belee Using and a natural incidence of light over the top of the Abbey Sorg in the end rooms for calm atmosphere. The coating is died out by the monochromatic wooden surfaces, dying from ground to Zurke.

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The intermediate rooms, which result from the angle offset of the straps, are evident in the frontal view.

Depending on the lighting, the exciting interplay made of wood and glass also allows its appearance. Due to the “angle offset of the plate”, which architects call, the structure forms diverse rooms and openings.

Bretting wood from Japanese product

The multi -root is located both inside and and in the exemplary from the cross -glued wooden material, for example, from regional product. In the Prefecture Okayama, where the new building is located, the first plant in Japan was raised in 2016 with an annual capacity of 50,000 cubic meters.

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The indirect light and the monochromatic wooden surfaces ensure quiet atmosphere inside.

This makes the office building a kind of creation of Japanese wooden spill, which is currently in the process, upgrading its production for modern timber construction. The open rooms and flexible arege areas of Kibi Kogen and Square correspond to today’s and saying a modern office.

With its avant -garde structure, the Kengo Kuma office has created the borders of the Congenten. It has arisen an iconic building that not only conveys between nature and built environment, but also between people: “These rooms are intended to promote a cross -generational exchange Borders of industry and science go beyond. “

Text: Gertraud Gerst Photos: Kawasumi-Kobayashi Kenji FotoBüro

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