Selected Work
信州唐松の”雨”が降り注ぐ木造の工場
長野県千曲市 2020
Project Data
This project was conceived as a new factory for a manufacturer of timber window systems. The site is located along the Chikuma River and is surrounded by agricultural land.
The proposal sought to create a timber-framed industrial building that would make extensive use of the company’s own products. At its centre was a large-span space of approximately twenty metres, constructed wherever possible from commonly available timber sections.
The roof structure was composed of 60-millimetre-square timber members arranged in a densely interwoven configuration. By setting the structural planes in a repetitive zigzag formation, the system was intended to produce a ceiling of greater visual depth and material presence than a conventional timber truss. The exposed structure itself would therefore serve as the principal architectural expression of the interior.
The use of Shinshu larch further reinforced the building’s relationship to its regional context, creating a factory environment grounded in the material culture and forestry resources of Nagano. The joints were deliberately conceived as simple configurations in order to ensure straightforward and practical construction.
The project was ultimately left unbuilt as a result of the combined social and economic effects of the global timber shortage, the COVID-19 pandemic, and related market disruptions. Nevertheless, the structural design had already been completed, and the proposal was developed on a technically substantiated basis. It therefore remains feasible and capable of realization even today.
木製サッシを製造するメーカーの新築工場の計画。
周囲は農業用地に囲まれている千曲川沿いの敷地環境。
自社製品をふんだんに使用した、木造工場を目指した。
出来るだけ一般流通材を利用した、スパン約20mの大空間を構想している。
60角の角材を用いて細かく編み込むように配置し、配置面をジグザグに構成することで、通常のトラス構造よりもより重厚感のある天井面をそのまま意匠に用いている。
材料を信州唐松にすることで、地域のあるべき工場空間をより感じられる空間になっている。
施工的にも簡単に出来るよう、仕口はシンプルな形状を想定している。
ウッドショックやコロナ等の複合的な社会情勢の影響で、結果的にアンビルドになってしまったが、構造計画も終えて、根拠のある計画なので、今でも実現可能な状態である。
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