japanese firm ryuichi ashizawa architects have designed asakusa tree in osaka,
which is currently under construction. the house created for a couple is situated on
a 30m2 site.
the concept is based on sustainable systems. structural columns intertwine like ivy
supporting slabs on each floor. soil is put on the slabs to plant local plants of the area.
because fixed walls separate natural and human domains, they avoided constructing walls.
instead, they uses traditional movable walls of japan like a shoji or a fusuma. energy
sources of the building are produced by natural power as light, wind, and rain.
ideally, the house could produce all the energy used in this building, and circulate them
efficiently as tree circulates air. minimized facility lines are provided to each floor going
through the structural pipe of the columns. the environments exposed naturally calls back
the primitive sense of modern people.
this is a project for reconstructing the relation between 'nature, human, and architecture.'
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