Celluloid Jam House in Yokohama, Japan by Norisada Maeda
Entitled Celluloid Jam, this house created by Norisada Maeda features walls that aim to flow continuously around the exterior, from inside to outside and back again like a Moebius strip.
To underline this impression, Celluloid Jams complete surface has been realized without visible junctures. The wooden construction is revetted by fibre restrained plastic to create one unique surface of both interior and exterior and furthermore to form one flowing shell, in which the punctual static loads are being reduced, while the static loads can be evenly spread. So the architectural shell approaches its inspiring natural example: the egg shell.
On top of the soil, where the Möbius strip touches the ground, the border between nature and the architecture dissolves into nothing, just like melting plastic. This separation is merely seen and projected by the eye.
You could feel the longing for the ground to become one with the architecture.
Exterior and interior go hand in hand. Every room has a special connection to the outside.
So in order to create this connection of exterior rendering, plants, rooms, retaining wall, terrace, ancient stairs, patio and balcony with geometric help, the two components (architecture and nature) have been slowly combined to one united mass by applying adhesion.
November 27, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Latest, Restaurant - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
