결코 건축가의 몫이 아니다. 그렇다고 건축주의 몫 또한 아니다.
그것은 태생적으로 대지가 가지고 있는 숙명이며 그것을 존중하고 배려해야 하는 것이
대지를 바라보는 이의 의무인 것이다.
도쿄 주거단지내에 위치한 대지는 나무들이 울창한 훌륭한 자연환경에 위치한다.
여기서부터 시작한 주거의 계획은 기존의 나무를 존중하며 자연 그대로를 집 안 내부로 유입시킨다.
계획단계부터 반영된 기존의 수목은 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통하여 살릴 부분과 제거 할 부분을 정한다.
이렇게 정의된 자연을 피하여 계획된 콘크리트와 철골은 집을 구조한다.
저층부 거실과 식당 넘어 보이는 집안 내부의 나무는 더이상의 자연의 일부분이 아닌
공간의 확장으로 내외부-자연-을 통섭시킨다.
또한 여기에 상층부에 위치한 욕실은 나무의 줄기자체를 건축요소로 사용 함으로써
또다른 공간진입을 시도한다.
이것은 자연환경과 공간에 대한 경계를 없앰으로써
프로젝트의 이름처럼 노래하는 새들과 춤추는 나무들이 집 자체가 되는 것이다.
reviewed by SJ
Architects: Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Location: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Date of Completion: 2007
Parcel areas: 770.22sqm
Constructed area: 424.25sqm
Materials: RC+S
Exterior Wall Finish: Japanese Cypress Lining Board
Photographs: Courtesy of Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
This is a housing complex situated in a prime location in Tokyo. The rear of the site has a grove of trees 40 meters wide that are growing on a slope. We decided to formulate a design that provided maximum volume while cutting as few of these trees as possible. We first investigated the location of the roots with the help of an arborist, and placed the structural walls at a location as close as possible to the trees where the thick roots would not have to be cut. We snaked the underground beams to avoid coming into contact with large roots. Next, we measured all branches measuring 15cm or more in diameter with a unique methodology that we developed, and created a three dimensional computer image from this data. We then simulated the growth of the trees and the swaying of the branches during typhoons to determine the spaces where there would be no branches, and located rooms in these spaces. This did result in rooms that have irregular external shapes, but it was a result of accepting the natural environment as it is. Creating a building that responds in a localized manner to the trees rather than cutting down or trimming the trees is similar to how birds build their nests. This should bring about a new awareness and criticism of architecture that commits the original sin of destroying the environment.
The inside of the building consists of large spaces such as one-room combined living / dining areas and kitchens with reinforced concrete walls, and small spaces such as bathrooms and studies built with a steel frame structure that extend into the trees. All of the rooms are located close to the trees, enabling the green foliage that is reflected and amplified by basins and mirrors to be seen from virtually all locations inside the building. Desks, bookshelves, bathtubs and washbasins are provided near the windows to create space where the people get the feeling that they are living together with the trees. This gives people the opportunity to look at squirrels in the trees and the leaves, smell the fragrance of flowers and hear the warbling of small birds. When people live in interior space that is created in response to the behavior of the trees and other elements of nature, the behavior of people tends to evolve. The respective actions and activities resonate with one another, people gradually integrate nature into themselves, and it becomes part of them. It think that a love for nature is created as a result this interaction being repeated.
