120×120 Forest

Project Details

Project Name
120×120 Forest
Location
TokyoJapan
Project Types
Single Family
Project Scope
New Construction
Shared By
Miabelle Salzano
Project Status
Built
Year Completed
2018
Size
1,155 ft²

Project Description

FROM THE ARCHITECTS:

We designed a forest-like house by combining cypress columns with a cross-sectional dimension of 120×120.

By inserting smaller horizontal sections of 120×213 between the columns, we created a soft and strong load-bearing screen that filters solar radiation and produces an effect like sunlight filtering through the forest.

120×120 Forest is a new kind of wooden house that simultaneously shelters those inside while also opening up to the streets.

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