라티스의 비밀. 일본 고간쿤 대학에 새롭게 들어선 두동의 건축물,
양궁장과 복싱장은 일본 전통 나무 결구 방식을 이용, 독특한 건축공간을 생성한다.
다양한 활동 -일본 전통 국궁과 복싱-을 보장하는 10.8*7.2의 무주공간은
일본전통사찰의 내부공간과 유사한 볼륨으로
두가지 타입의 결구방식으로 각 각 공간을 구축한다.
나무를 이용한 결구시스템은 학생들의 자유로운 여가활동을 위한 공간확보는
물론 각 공간만의 아이텐티를 생성시키는 주요한 디자인 수단 활용된다.
무엇보다 적은 비용으로 이러한 공간과 디자인 퀄리티를 연출한다는 점이
이번 프로젝트의 가장 큰 장점인 것 같다.
reviewed by SJ
Complex wooden lattices provide a stage set for archery competitions and
boxing matches at this pair of university buildings in Tokyo by
Japanese studio FT Architects
Completion: 2013
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Principal use: archery hall (Japanese archery=Kyudo) and boxing club
Total floor area: archery hall 106.00 sqm, boxing club 92.75 sqm
Structure: wood
Architect: FT Architects/Katsuya Fukushima, Hiroko Tominaga
Structure & Space - medium-span, column-free
The project consists of two buildings, an archery hall and a boxing club, standing a few hundred metres apart on the grounds of Kogakuin University in west Tokyo.
The formal rituals of Kyudo (Japanese archery) and the very physical nature of boxing may appear worlds apart. However, surprisingly, the two built facilities share a number of commonalities.
The University's brief was for low-cost structures made of locally sourced timber to provide accessible and inspiring spaces for the students. By chance, both facilities called for a column-free space of 7.2m by 10.8m, a size that is comparable to a sacred hall in a traditional Japanese temple. In order to achieve this span, without columns and using low-cost methods of timber construction, it was necessary to come up with an innovative timber solution. We began the project by investigating a number of structural forms that would be appropriate for each sport.
Underlying Principles
Through collaborative exploration with timber experts, from researchers, manufacturers to suppliers, we derived at timber materials that are not commonly associated with structural or architectural usage. Small timber sections, normally reserved for furniture making, were chosen for the archery hall, and timber members deemed defected because of insect damage, for the boxing club.
We have salvaged the purity of traditional Japanese timber composition, simply made up of horizontals and verticals, which has been somewhat disregarded ever since the advent of modernism in Japan. Delicate lattice frame composed of slender ties beams and posts for the archery hall, and a bolder, stepped frame, was employed for the boxing club. Here, timber, a historical material, has been reanalysed and transformed into a new building material.
Contrast/Complement
The two structures have been constructed employing a simple, lo-tech method of bolt-and-nut assembly. However, due to the scale of the space and simplicity of construction, the execution had to be meticulous, in order to produce spaces that are out of the ordinary.
For each building, the main subject is the 7.2m x 10.8m space and the timber structure, merely its backdrop. The powerful presence of the timber structure emphasises the stark transparency of the void below. The whole is only achieved by the juxtaposition of these two contrasting and complementing qualities.
Departing from the same starting point, the two buildings have arrived at a shared architectural theme via two different structural and spatial solutions.
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