これは築40年ほどの鉄骨平屋建ての建築を改装し、住宅と事務所、倉庫、店舗などにする計画だ。
建主は1865年創業の醸造所を引き継ぎ、旧来の醤油や味噌のような醸造品以外に、培われた技術を活かして他の商品展開を手がけつつある。風情のある味噌蔵でこれまで通り醸造は続けながら、そこでは処理しきれない全国への発送や事務などの業務スペース、店舗の要素と、彼ら自身の住宅をつくり出す必要があった。
醸造所の方は建主たち自身によって、老朽化した味噌樽を解体して外壁に使うなど、古くから続く味噌蔵の風情の魅力を活かして改修が行われていた。幸い改装前の建築は十分な広さがあったため、屋根はそのまま、外壁はブランドイメージや周囲との関係を意識して焼杉で覆うのみとした。
その上で、既存建築のグリッドに対し45度振った壁を挿入した。それにより元来の建物の大きさを曖昧にし、へた地のような多様な軒下空間や中庭ができた。
この複合住宅には不特定多数が出入りする。そのため防犯も含めてプライバシーの確保のために道路際に店舗や商品発送用の倉庫を配し、事務所、商品開発用の試作室から住宅までを垂れ壁、透明な壁としてのガラス、不透明な壁で閾と境界をつくり、グラデーショナルに奥行きをつくり出した。
店舗と事務所、倉庫、住宅で仕上げや天井高さを微妙に変え、閾をくぐり抜けるたびに少しずつ雰囲気が変わって、どこまでも続くような感覚を与える。既存建築に他者としての異なる軸をもつ壁を挿入することで、奥行き感覚を撹乱し、来訪者から従業員まで、グラデーショナルに他者と共に暮らすことを目指した。
“House and Office in Hofu” is a renovation project of a 40-year-old building. The steel-frame structured building was remodeled to include various spaces such as living, office, warehouse, shop and more.
The client for this project is the owner of a brewery founded in 1865. Apart from the traditional products soy and miso, the company also work on developing new products using the old techniques refined through the brewery’s history.
While the brewing is located elsewhere, the client wanted to create a place with a cleaner atmosphere for other parts of the business; such as office space, shop and storage space for nationwide distribution of the products.
Fortunately, the building for this renovation project was large, so it was possible to create both House and Business within the frame of the existing architecture.
Wanting to bring a part of the brewery’s history into the project, the outer walls was clad in wood, from old miso barrels, disassembled by the client. The charred wood refers both to the brand image but also to its surroundings.
The roof and main structure of the building was kept intact and a plan element was inserted into the open space, rotated 45 degrees against the existing buildings grid. The idea of twisting the spaces 45 degrees is to create a more ambiguous feel between the old and new architecture. It also creates diverse spaces under the eaves and courtyards, like wedged pieces of land between square fields.
Due to the mixed-use nature of this building, an unspecified number of people enter and leave daily.
Therefore, we choose to place the buildings functions so that they gradually become more private. The warehouse and shop is located to the north facing the road, the office and prototyping room for product development is placed in the center, and furthest back to the south is the client’s residence.
Looking from one room, the layers of glass doors and walls create depth and gradation, blurring the boundaries between spaces.
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