AKITAKA SUZUKI PORTFOLIO 2014-19

ARCHITECTURE | URBAN DESIGN | URBAN RESEARCH | BUILDING ENGINEERING

PORTFOLIO | AKITAKA SUZUKI

AKITAKA SUZUKI

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Akitaka Suzuki Japanese 06 August, 1991 Tokyo, Japan

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I am a passionate graduate in a field of architecture and urban design, who finished my mater studies in March and April 2018, with a number of prizes and publications.

In March 2015, I have received my undergraduate degree of Engineering in architecture and urban design with distinction from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. The main focus was understanding architectural/urban spaces based on human behaviour and perception, and exploring a potential of small interventions to impact society for better.

I continued my study for master degrees, applying T.I.M.E. Double Degree programme at Keio University and Politecnico di Milano, Italy, for further understanding of sustainable design, from not only energetic and economical, but also social and cultural points of view. The parallel study at these two schools integrates my interests and skills of design and engineering, which push the horizon of my design processes.

I have also gained my professional experience at Miralles Tagliabue EMBT in Barcelona, Spain. The experience helps me translate my academic experience into professional practice. This experience made me believe in integration of artistic approach and technical approach (craftsmanship/sensory experience in actual making), represented by the spatial quality of architecture and urban design as well as beauty of drawing and physical models themselves.

After graduating my studies at Keio University and Politecnico di Milano, I have worked for Keio University helping a new urban design research project, a Comprehensive Design Workshop for athletic facilities in Yagami, Shimoda and Hiyoshi Campuses, which focuses on the potential of sports and recreational activities in public spaces making in the area of Hiyoshi, where hosts British representative team for trainings towards 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

All these international, cross-cultural and multidisciplinary experiences establishes my design philosophy where I always explore new possibility of space-making with critical thinking, integration of tradition and innovation, and true sustainable solutions for the places and communities.

LANGUAGES

KEY SKILLS OS

JAPANESE

ENGLISH

mother tongue

fluent

Windows

Vray Rhino

Mac OS

Vray 3ds Max

Word Office

2D

Rendering

Excel

Enscape

PowerPoint

Lumion

AutoCAD

Sketching

Vectorworks

Hand

Rhinoceros Grasshopper ITALIAN

SPANISH

basic

beginner

3D

Sketchup

Model making Photoshop

Graphics

Illustrator

AutoCAD

InDesign

3ds Max

Kangaroo

Sketchup Revit

Parametric

Ladybug Honeybee

SUMMARY

CAREER

PRIZES/ACHIEVEMENTS

2018 | Current

July 2018

Technical Assistant at co+labo radović, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan * assisting a research project “ a Comprehensive Design Workshop for the Athletic and Recreational Facilities of the Hiyoshi, Shimoda and Yagami Campuses “

July | October 2017

Architectural Intern at Miralles Tagliabue EMBT Barcelona, Spain * * * *

assisting architectural and landscape design process development of competition proposals preparation of drawings and graphical presentations study with 3D and physical modelling

2015 | 2018

MEng. at Politecnico di Milano, Italy * * * *

T.I.M.E. Double Degree Programme master in Building and Architectural Engineering thesis and final project; “Insight Vision - a multi-functional, self-built cultural centre for the celebration of the arts and crafts in the Adriatic islands, with an innovative, reversible plywood-based construction system “

1st Prize Yokohama Street Furniture Competition April 2018

Honourable mention “ Michele Silvers Prize“, prize to thesis abroad at Politecnico di Milano April 2017

1st Prize “ Ideas for Lecco | Architecture “ , architectural design competition July 2016

Honourable mention “ Ideas for Lecco | Urban “, urban design competition April 2016

Exhibited “ Unexpected landscape “ , photo and urban research exhibition February 2016

2015 | 2018

MEng. at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan T.I.M.E. Double Degree Programme Graduate School of Science and Technology, School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems research and design activities in co+labo radović, architecture and urban design laboratory * thesis dissertation; “ Environmental Context-Conscious Improvement of Veneer House System - a case study of a cultural centre project in Vis, Croatia “ * * * *

2nd Prize “ RE-INHABITAT AN URBAN FABRIC, BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTRY “, urban design competition February 2016

Norihiro Ejiri Individual Award “ What is architecture of darkness? “ , JIA architectural competition November 2014

2011 | 2015

BEng. at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan * bachelor in System Design Engineering * Faculty of Science and Technology * research and design activities in co+labo radović, architecture and urban design laboratory * thesis dissertation; “ Visual Information and Urban Character of the Streetscape - a case study of Kuhonbutsugawa Promenade, Jiyugaoka“

Top 32 works “ Re-thinking shelter “ , the 16th Shelter International Architectural Design Competition September 2014

2nd Prize

Diploma design competition at Keio University A.Y. 2014-15

REFERENCE

WORKSHOPS/ACTIVITIES

Darko Radović

September 2018

Professor at Keio University, Tokyo Founder of co+labo radović contact - radovic@sd.keio.ac.jp

Gabriele Masera Associate Professor at Politecnico di Mialano, Italy Thesis supervisor contact - gabriele.masera@polimi.it

Compasso Volante and the 5th Anatomy of Island, Vis Croatia Design and construction of the Japanese Tea House Pavilion based on Veneer House System, and a public presentation of ongoing master thesis project which updates the system to larger, more complex project in the island.

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SUMMARY

CONTENTS 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018

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Insight Vision

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Learning Through

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Tuning Synaesthesia

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NO | BODY House

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Porto di Terra

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Vis Veneer Tea House

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+J Urban Research Pavilion

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In the Cloud, On the Cloud

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Embassy of Serbia in Canberra

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Artenoh Rehau

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ELB Tower

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Soka-Matsubara Children’s Centre

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YOKOHAMA ON THE TABLE

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Insight Vision

Self-built Cultural Centre in Vis island, Croatia Final thesis and project at Politecnico di Milano and Keio University, 2016-17 Honourable mention at Michele Silvers Award, Thesis Abroad with Enrico Sterle and Nicolò Panzeri

Insight Vision is a self-built cultural centre located on the island of Vis, Croatia. The project site is a peninsula with beautiful public beach, historical monastery and other archaeological findings nearby. Since a future archaeological excavation of the place will be planed in the next years/decades, and since the island is subjected to rapid depopulation, the project aims to provide a flexible and reversible construction which can add a new cultural value by itself.

The project is realised with an innovative self-build construction system - Veneer House System, which consists of 20mm CNCprecut plywood panels jointed with a simple notch-hole joinery. Due to its simplicity and joyfulness, the construction process itself engages local people and make them have sense of belonging to their own community.

Through public engagement, Insight Vision aims at establishing their own relationship between human and buildings as a part of their own cultural identity even under the pressure of mass-tourism.

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The architectural project is characterised mainly by two elements - the boundary structure and functional boxes. The boundary structure defines the territory of the project, inviting people with visual permeability and various possible public activities in open-air shaded spaces. Connected by the structure, the functional boxes accommodate the individual functions to complete the cultural complex.

Such “connected-isolation“ [Mayne, 1995] represents the archipelagic organisation of the Adriatic islands, where various people and cultures have come together and established their complex, but rich cultural identity.

The project was also engineered focusing on construction management, structural verification and sustainable building technologies. Supported by technological solutions, this project explored the true sustainability where actual users can take care of their own buildings, modify according to a changing situations and needs and be aware of their living settings.

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Traditional Japanese Joinery Sumiyoshi

CNC pre-cut venee joinery

Veneer House System 10

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Open-source Design/Construction System

1. open-source system and online international collaboration

2. digital design customisation

3. .dwg drawings are sent to the closest factories

4. CNC-cutting with high precision

5. reversible foundation with gabion wall

6. easy assemblage and public engagement

7. installation of applicants

8. insulated and air-tight envelope packages 11

functional boxes

open-air boundary str.

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open-air boundary structure Waterfront is one of the key elements in the island’s public life. Surrounded by sea, a public beach, main road and symbolic church, design of good interface in-out of the project was crucial. The main idea is to create sense of boundary - yet, without limiting physical/visual connection - to enhance the presence of the project and its welcoming feeling, providing shadows to people passing-by which protect them from the strong Adriatic solar radiation.

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Insight Vision - a Self-built Cultural Centre in Vis. Croatia

- COOL DOWN -

- RELAX -

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- MAKE CHOICE... -

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functional boxes The functional boxes accommodates functions such as winery, bookstore, restaurant, exhibition, workshop and auditoriums to complete the cultural complex. The boxes are planned in eastwest direction to keep rich, characteristic visual continuity from the city centre to the beach across the peninsula. Inside the buildings, the beauty is expressed by the system itself - rhythm of portal structure, texture of wood and the particular joinery.

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- WINERY -

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- EXHIBITION -

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- AUDITORIUM 19

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Galvanized, Zinc-coated steel gabion with external reinforcement plates: dim: 900x1200x45 cm Average weight (with stones): 1100 Kg

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Double lower chord member , ideal for steel-steel joints. Exagon head bolt with nut and treated surface for high resistance for exteriors uses.

Material: carbon steel Surface: Bright zinc Identification name: EKS t: 20mm

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Plywood structural frame

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Floor waterproof layer: Actis Breather Membrane t:11.5 mm

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Services-gap: t: 30mm

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Plywood panel pavement with specified - tre atment for surface durability and resistance to hurts.

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Inox steel screw with EPDM gasket for wood-metal connections l: 60 mm

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Plywood external sub-structure for the finishing material fastening dim: 20x50 mm

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Corrugated pre-painted aluminum panel, with supporting flash, supporting profile, dielectric band, starting flashing Color: EASY-RAL 9010 sp: 1.2 mm

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Plywood shear elements to connect vertical frames. It works also as horizontal surface for thermal insulation layers boxes sp: 20 mm

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Vertical wall waterproof layer: Actis Breather Membrane, t: 11.5 mm

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Vapour barrier layer, breathable membrane: Actis TRISO-SUPER 10+, t: 35 mm

dk: 28 mm d2: 20 mm

Screw plates:combined with anchor nails or anchor screws and have a pre-drilled - pat tern for the holes designed to automatically fulfil the code requirements on spacing. The plate thickness is maximum: 3,00 mm.

Dim: b: 200mm, p: 103mm, h: 71 mm Holes number: 30 Holes diameter: 13 mm Thickness: 3 mm Material: carbon steel Surface: Bright zinc Identification name: Titan TCF200

Extraction strength: 11,7 N/mm2 Ultimate tensile strength: fu = 800 MPa Yield strength: fy = 800x0.8 = 640 Mpa Suitable for: Board plywood, wood, derived timber product, hardwood, LVL, softwood Screw-in angle: 90 – 0 degree Identification name: LBS

Wood screw:The wood screw has a co bi-head with AW drive which make the - ele ment extremely versatile and boasts a high 17 power transmission.

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Services-gap: t: 40mm Internal finishing panel: plywood treated punched acoustinc panel t: 18mm

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Learning Through

Learning Centre in Lecco, Italy Joint studio (Architectural Design, Sustainable Building Technologies and Integrated Project Management), 2016-17 1st Prize at an architectural design competition, Ideas for Lecco | Architecture with Andrea Boniti, Bahareh Ilbeigi, Elena Kirchner, Zeynab Mater, Matteo Sbordi and Luca Sironi

Learning Through is a learning centre located next to Politecnico di Milano, Lecco Campus, aiming at offering various learning opportunities promoting interaction with knowledge, people and nature. Also, in an equal priority to the connection to the university campus, other part of the city.

Learning Through engages the students and citizens, and that was where the architectural concept arose.

The creation of a public event space as an outdoor theatre, was the starting point of the design process. The new public space is connected to another two minor spaces in the university area. In parallel to drawing inspiration from the communal and social life, the building approached nature in harmony with the landscape of the mountains, the materiality of wood, and the susceptibility to the natural elements such as light and wind.

Consequently, the architectural expression, shown in the outdoor public space and the dynamic open indoor spaces with continuous

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mountain view, is enhanced by the energetic performance. The building is in local birch wood, being an sustainable choice for the area.

Dealing with light and solar energy, overhangs and a system of vertical louvres function as shadings on south and east/west respectively.

Roofs are inclined to mimic the mountain outline, opening the views towards mountain and facing to the south, where the stack effect is used at the project’s highest point to activate natural ventilation. Green roofs and photovoltaic panels are other characteristic features of spectacular roofs. The dynamism and flow in the continuous interior spaces is emphasised by the piles of wooden portal structures.

With the architectural and urban ideas in mind and the sustainable strategies applied, the new learning centre becomes an extension of the university that merges itself into the urban life of Lecco, as well as its natural features.

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school

green barrier protecting from train noise and pollution

liner park leading to the city

restoration project

market 2 days/week

open a gated entrance of the university

main flow of students

activate a public space with a new research building

site map

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Learning Through - a Learning Centre in Lecco , Italy

1. path and public space

2. open view towards mountains / entrance

Overcoming the 5m height difference and connecting communal life and the university, a amphitheater as a public realm is placed on back of the plot, connected with 2 cutting paths connecting to the frontal road, and existing public spaces in the university.

The envelopes facing mountains and the public even space are glazed to allow visual/physical continuity of interior and exterior. The main entrance is defined along a path and re-shape the volume, while another one becomes a secondary entrance.

3. dynamic continuous space

4. frontal yard and optimised sun exposure

Considering the main flow of the students from the university, a shape of the main volume is defined to offer dynamically continuous interior spaces where users and/or visitors can interact each other.

As a result of the cut, a frontal yard is shaped along the adjacent street working as a buffer space with greenery. The angle of the facade is designed to optimise sun exposure in combination with deciduous trees, to be a sustainable building.

5. height modification

6. respect mountains’ skyline

The spaces are gently defined by changing their heights according to accommodated functions, without loosing continuity of the interior space.

The outline of the project reflects spectacular skyline of Lecco formed by mountains surrounding the area.

The spectacular roofs are even enhanced by overhangs and green roofs.

The green roofs are connected to the landscape including green buffer protecting the area from noise and pollution of the adjacent railways, while slope of the roof helps activating natural ventilation.

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ventilation system and PV panels integrated with roofs

wooden portal structure

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ground floor

street

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amphitheater

linear park

green buffer

railway

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overhang design

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Tuning Synaesthesia

Acoustic Pavilion for street performers in Times Square, New York, U.S.A. Design Studio, Design Optioneering, 2016-17 with Chiara Scolaro, Davide Tomasotti, Mohamed Adel and Yogita Anandamoorthy

Tuning Synaesthesia is an adaptive acoustic pavilion which emphasises dynamic urban, multi-sensory experiences in Times Square, New York with a number of street performers.

The starting point of the project was reinterpreting the congesting soundscape of Times Square not as a problem, but excess potential to create dynamic and unique cultural experiences of the place. Inspired by dynamic and chaotic, multi-sensory communication of buildings and pedestrians in the place, the goal was helping delivering performances’ sound to spectators effectively while the process of optimisation and transformation themselves give visual impact and attraction to the street life.

The main component of the pavilion if the ORIGAMI membrane which can transform flexibly according to the position of performance and clouds of audiences. The

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membrane consists of light-weight reflection panels covered by wasted billboards from the façades of the surrounding buildings. The minimal gaps between the panels allow folding movement without sophisticated connection, The shape of the pavilion is controlled by length of the dozens of wires suspended by light-weight steel structure and rollers.

During the design process, a number of parametric tools are used to simulate the best form of the pavilion according to the input parameters, The main platform is 3D modelling software Rhinoceros and its visual coding interface Grasshopper, with several add-ons to add specific functions; Weaveird for pattern generation, kangaroo for physical and kinetic simulations, Galapagos as an evolutionary solver, Pachyderm and mosquito for acoustic evaluations and simulation.

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context investigation:

legendary street musicians around times square

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Is the chaotic situation a problem?- an excess potential ! inspirations

PATTERN DEFINING PEOPLE

BILLBOARDS

MUSIC

POINT CLOUD

SCRATCHED PAPER

VARIATION OF POINTS

Reinterpretation of pattern

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INSPIRATION

Tuning Synaesthesia - an Acoustic Pavilion for Street Musicians, Times Square, N.Y.

conceptual sketches

noise-crowd v.s. audiences

pavilion envelope

acoustically tuned

street noise - sound diffusion - louder speakers

single player

multiple player

different instrument - different adjustments

various configurations

multi-sensory experience - Tuning Synaesthesia The inspiration was the chaotic atmosphere driven by sound of the congested street performers and visual impact of gigantic advertisements totally covering up the buildings’ facade along the street. Then the programme was defined as a responsible acoustic pavilion to provide pedestrians with pleasant sound asset where they cab enjoy the performance as cultural activities - or, at least,

they can hear one apart from others - and its process of adaptation can be visually enjoyable. Synaesthesia is a phenomena that, for example, one recalls a colour with a sound which he/ she hears. The goal of the project is offering unique multi-sensory experiences which translate the seemingly problematic soundscape of Times Square into joyful cultural attraction.

2-directional fold

1-directional fold

3-directional fold

Complexity and movement

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external parameters and project’s variables position and number of performers alter shape of the pavilion facade imitating the visual dynamics of Times Square length of wires changes and defines shape of the pavilion

position of the audiences changes shape of the pavilion

sound directly going to audience sound reflected on the pavilion’s surface

flexible ORIGAMI membrane made of lightweight panels and street performance

mountain fold valley fold

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Tuning Synaesthesia - an Acoustic Pavilion for Street Musicians, Times Square, N.Y.

elevation: a configuration for 1 group of performers

elevation: a configuration for 2 groups of performers

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design optimisation:

acoustic optimisation for form-finding

1. set a sound source and area of audience

2. direct sound rays towards audience

3. maximise number of direct and reflected rays going to audience

4. make ORIGAMI follow the reference surface

grasshopper script:

acoustic optimisation for form-finding

tools for optimisation

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audience

diffusion zone

reflection zone

noise protection

sectional acoustic scheme

form-finding with revolutionary solver - galapagos

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NO | BODY House

Ephemeral Researchers' House in Hokkaido, Japan Entry to the 6th LIXIL International Student Architectural Design Competition, 2015-16 with Silvia Spallina, Salvatore Nastasi, Piergiacomo Acerboni, Michele Amadori, Domenico Arcadi and Shingo Meguro

NO | BODY House is an ephemeral house, a forest of thin pillars covered by a light roof; that is enough to be potentially a house.

Its spaces are defined according to people’s interaction with surroundings. The interface between outdoor and indoor depends on the dialectic between the pillars. People can easily adjust the space by hanging several types of membranes, and curtains to the roof structure as they can feel comfortable there.

NO | BODY House is a kit of simple and basic elements that can be assembled by few people.

Foundations are made of steel plates that can be easily fixed to the ground. Wooden pillars are slender and light-weight enough and provided with a metal joint for triangular prefabricated modules of the roof structure.

The spaces of the house is characterised by a concept of “multi-layering“, which can be seen in both traditional and contemporary

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Japanese architecture, where the architecture has multiple subtle boundaries to define the spaces ambiguously, instead of having a single rigid boundary separating in and out.

Being a house for a researchers working on sustainability in rich, harsh but enjoyable nature of Hokkaido, the architectural concept goes to having multiple layers of spaces in the forest of pillars.

One of the skin composing the layers are cushions made of PVC, which has high insulating performance while maintaining visibility to surrounding nature and natural daylighting, and which one can easily install/ remove according to the climate and desired activities.

NO | BODY House is a house without its own body, because it lives in symbiosis with the bodies of users.

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different configurations according to seasonal change

winter configuration

fall configuration

Three screens against the harsh cold guarantee thermal comfort of a cozy, intimate spaces.

Users remove the external skin defining their own comfort in a balance with the surroundings.

assemblage sequence

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1. basement plates

2. pillars

5. roof plastic membrane

6. wooden platform and paths

NO | BODY House - an Ephemeral House for Researchers in Hokkaido, Japan

spring configuration

summer configuration

Users extend the livable space to the external platforms getting closer and closer to nature.

Removing the last filter between indoor and outdoor, all the space is enjoyable under the roof shadow.

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4. roof structure

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Porto di Terra

Sustainable Development and Architectural Concept, Porto di Mare, Milano, Italy Design Studio, Sustainable Multidisciplinary Design Process + Studio, 2015-16 2nd prize at urban design competition, RE-INHABITAT AN URBAN FABRIC, BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTRY with Alessio Maffeo, Mohamed Wageh and Sepideh Ebad

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Porto di Terra is a urban redevelopment project aiming at realising sustainable district in an area called Porto di Mare, south-east part of Milan, Italy using Integrated Modification Methodology (IMM) developed by IMMdesignlab, a research lab at Politecnico di Milano. IMM is a procedure encompassing an open set of scientific techniques for morphologically analysing the built environment in a multiscale manner and evaluating its performance in actual states and/or under specific design scenarios.

implemented preferably to improve the performance efficiently.

The project started with de-layering the city (assumed as a Complex Adaptive System) into to layers; volume, void, transportation and functions (horizontal elements), and investigating the cross-bred indicators (vertical elements). From the results of the investigations, reorganisation of functions, improvement of accessibility and interface between inside and outside design area were turned out as catalysts which can be

In this project, based on actually existing potential of the site, the area is design as a “land port“ where activities along agricultural cycle create sustainable ecosystem which reidentifies the area ignored for decades.

To improve those aspects, the inspirations arose from the fertile land, its rich agricultural potential and strategic location which can be a hub between the city of Milan and the surrounding agricultural field, Parco Agricolo Sud. Moreover, the name of the place suggested its history of past unsustainable developments where developers dreamed imaginary “sea port“ in inland and failed three times.

Following the urban design concepts, the project also proposes initial architectural concepts for residential complex and business incubator.

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Porto di Mare is an area located in the south-east of Milan, inner part of the Italian Peninsula.

The reason why the area is called Porto di Mare (Sea Port) is because of past developments, which tried to transform the area into a terminal of water canal system of Milan. The transformation was attempted three times in 1907, 1917 and 1953, but all of them were interrupted for economic, war-related and political reasons. After the cancellations of the past project, the area was abandoned and neglected for a long time. Having these in mind, the project aims at bringing inherited potential - agriculture and related activities - back to the place instead of dreaming a sea which does not exist there. Porto di Terra becomes a port connecting the city of Milan and the surrounding agricultural land, Parco Agricolo Sud.

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Re-designing Interface As shown in a picture on the right, most of the perimeter of the area is fenced allowing neither visual and physical access from the surroundings. As well as the connection of inside and outside the area, located exactly on the border between urban and suburb, the concept of interface is one of the keys to develop the project. Inspired by the name of the place, “ Porto (Port)� , the goal of the project was defined to realise a district working as a port where exchange of good, knowledge, culture and people are taken place, and moreover, the process of those becomes a new identity of the place.

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Integrated Modification Methodology (IMM) Integrated Modification Methodology (IMM) is a procedure encompassing an open set of scientific techniques for morphologically analysing the built environment in a multiscale manner and evaluating its performance in actual states and/or under specific design scenarios. The investigation begins with Horizontal Investigation in which the area under study is being dismantled into its morphology-generator elements; volumes, voids, transportation and functions. It follows with Vertical Investigation that is a study of integral relationships between the mentions elements, The output of Vertical Investigation is a set of quantitative and qualitative illustrations of attributes.

As a result, improvement of organic mix of functions and interface/accessibility to let people approach the project were selected as key elements, taking advantage of the area’s potential found during the context investigations also including more sitespecific elements which is not considered in IMM.

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Functions Functions to be inserted to the new development is characterised by agricultural activities which have high potential in this area. Following lifecycle of food, ranging from production, processing, consuming to recycling, demonstrating a sustainable model of a new development, while building a new identity of the place. In larger scale, the project is expected to be a port where interaction and exchange of goods, people, culture and people happen, and generates lively atmosphere which truly re-activate the area as the name suggests. exploring sustainable function set

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Interface / Accessibility Accessibility to the inner part of the area is developed by a trunk road passing in the middle of the area, and car-free paths and green spaces which realise visual and physical permeability along the boundary. Believing that the functions are really activated with presence of people, this idea is applied to entire development, for instance, including farm as an agricultural park where people can interact with other people, nature and have an idea about what they eat and how to live in sustainable way in everyday life. improvement of accessibility

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agricultural park The agricultural park consists of various sizes of beanshape farms and pedestrian network running among them. Providing different sizes of farms, it enables various groups of people to have their own/shared farms in a “relatively“ urban condition in proximity to the city centre of Milan. This strategy aims at raising up their awareness of food production and sustainable development, moreover, providing job opportunities in primary industry and promote social mix through everyday life in the park.

Starting with implementing this strategy from north part of the plot, patchwork of the farms will spread towards south-east part following the purification of the soil in the artificial hill made out of scraps of buildings destroyed during WWII.

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Residential complex Occupying large part of the project (around 70%of total floor) and considering their impact on a proposal for the residential complexes were essential to make the whole project work properly.

Respecting the existing layout of buildings and the best orientation for energy saving, compactness of the residential block is improved in an unique shape providing publicly accessible ground floor and good mix of functions. Layout of the functions and living units - apartments, social housings and shared apartments are design to achieve social mix in the proposed district. distribution of functions

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The diagram on the left shows applied strategies, such as orientation, shading system, recycled material, natural ventilation, adaptive lighting, thermal masses, insulated envelopes and district heating and cooling.

The final proposal achieved high energy performance, 30 kWh/year.

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Business incubator The business incubator is designed for providing flexible working spaces for emerging business activities, in particular, for start-ups. Referring the latest researches on intellectual productivity and working spaces, and drawing inspirations from the project’s key work Terra (ground), the main concept is making stepped hill-like landscape to stimulate workers creativity, while gently defining different spaces within open-plan offices. The hill penetrates the building as vertical circulation, as well as working as inlets for natural light and ventilation.

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Vis Veneer Tea House

Pavilion for Cultural Exchange in Vis, Vis island, Croatia Joint Project at Keio University and Politecnico di Milano in workshop “Compasso Volante 2016“, “the 5th edition of Anatomija Otoka“, 2016 with Enrico Sterle, Nicolò Panzeri and students at Keio University built with the locals, students and staffs at Keio University and Politecnico di Milano

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Vis Veneer Tea House is a self-built pavilion which located in Vis island, Croatia, which offers opportunities to touch different cultures.

The project is initiated by collaboration of two institutions, Keio University and Politecnico di Milano both of which I enrolled as a doubledegree student, celebrating 5-year-long cross-cultural symposium “Anatomija Otoka“ inviting a number of universities all over the world.

-based self-built construction system, Veneer House System. Direct engagement of the local in its construction and following modification and maintenance promote sense of belonging and responsibility to their built-environment which can possibly be a key factor to imply a true form of sustainability, in which buildings are not as rigid as seemingly forever-lasting stone structures, but as something flexible, then can survive as people love and take care of it.

The pavilion sits next to a beautiful olive yard, surrounded by several educational and cultural facilities, where students come and play together in an adjunct parking space.

Its Japanese-looking appearance offers opportunities to such young generation in the island to touch other different cultures, through events like tea parties, or just playing in/around the pavilion and touching unfamiliar architectural elements. The structure is designed and built using a plywood

The project also had a role as a test case of the “Insight Vision“ project (pp. 8-23), thanks to its geographical proximity and similarity of the context. The process of design, construction and use were monitored to examine possible problems and qualities through public engagement in a scope of realisation of sustainable architecture both environmentally and socially.

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+J Urban Cupboard

Urban Research Pavilion in Jiyugaoka, Tokyo, Japan Design Research activity in co+labo radović, 2014 -

The +J Urban Cupboard is a urban research pavilion designed as a base for a set of research activities conducted by co+labo radović, focusing on its mobility and interactivity with everyday-life on streets.

The design inspiration arose from a line of benches, where various human-scaled social activities are taken place in Jiyugaoka, where the pavilion was firstly located, in everydaylife along the Kuhonmutsugawa Green Promenade.

When it is open, it is composed of 2 tatamisize volumes of shelves and the envelopes are folded and transformed into benches, exhibiting the goods collected from around the street. While, when it is locked during nights, the cupboards are transformed into a perfect blackboard cube, which invites people passing-by to leave their marks and comments on the city. Moreover, possible various configurations combined with existing urban elements allow the cupboard to suit there and

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The cupboard was actually placed several times in Jiyugaoka, hosting various research project and fieldworks, including a fieldwork with Gehl Architects to explore possibilities of public life on Japanese streets. Following the activities in Jiyugaoka, the pavilion moved and placed in different places such as Brazilian embassy in Tokyo (for a symposia on sports event and public space), Tokyo International Forum and a street in Kanda, Tokyo, creating rich interactions between researchers and the locals.

The results of the set of research projects were complied in a book “ Mn’M Book No.8 - In the Search of Urban Quality - 100 maps of Kuhonbutsugawa Street, Jiyugaoka“ , and exhibited in a poster session in “ Biennale Spazio Publico 2015“ and Exhibition “ MaPS @ MAXXI“ in Rome in 2015.

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The design inspiration arose from history of public spaces of the place, Kuhonbutsugawa Green Promenade, Jiyugaoaka. In the past, Tokyo used to be known as a “water city� with a number of rivers and canals, where the citizens’ life was closely connected to waterside spaces in the city. However, many of them were turned into culverts after the WWII, and transformed into roads and streets without keeping its qualities as public realm. Kuhonbutsugawa Promenade, Jiyugaoka, is one of the few examples that develop their unique quality of space. Kuhonbutsugawa River was covered because of problems of flood and smells in 1974, then suffered from the bicycles

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illegally parked on the covered river. To solve this issue, the local committee installed lines of benches along the street, to prevent the illegal parking. Consequently, this intervention added a new quality to the space, which people enjoy their leisure time sitting on the benches and social interactions. In addition, installation of the lines of cherry blossom trees is highly appreciated by citizens, and activated the attractive festive atmosphere in March and April - Hamami seasons. This kind of situation drove us to focus on smallscaled interventions and their potential to change the urban spaces greatly for better.

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In the Cloud, On the Cloud

Installation at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan Design Research activity in co+labo radović, 2015 Norihiro Ejiri Individual Award, JIA architectural competition 2016 “What is architecture of darkness?“ with Ayumu Magome, Hanako Narumi, Shota Kusano, Soyoka Tsuji and Wakataro Ueno

In the Cloud, On the Cloud is an installation happened in a public space in Keio University, Tokyo, winning a competition organised by Hiyoshi Art and Performance Project 2015 (HAPP) and founded by them.

The cloud-like pavilion offers to people passing-by places to sit in and out, with spectacular light fallen through leaves and translucent balls. Even during night, the pavilion is lit up from inside and creates an unique visual effect like a lantern. The cloud of balls swings when people touch or sit on, entertaining them in an interactive way. The pavilion re-activated the public space which is often overlooked, and, in fact, invited more than 200 people during the installation.

Joinery connecting the balls are developed to realise easy assemblage and dismantling, making the pavilion a reusable and sustainable structure. Such design approach

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and communication with the visitors provide them with an opportunity to think about sustainability and sustainable development.

The design development was proceeded through a number of try-and-error exploration, including very conceptual sketches, physical models, digital simulations and full-scale mock-ups in collaboration with several professionals such as an structural engineer Ikuhibe Shibata (Arup) and an architect Satoshi Sano (Eureka).

After the installation, this work was submitted to an architectural competition organised by Japanese Institution of Architecture (JIA), “ what is architecture of darkness? “ and won Norihiro Ejiri Individual Award, recognising its innovative structural qualities and poetic experience of immersion into the darkness of the night.

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Embassy of Serbia in Canberra

Serbian Embassy - Consular Complex and Staff Residences in Canberra, Australia Competition Entry, 2018 with Daisuke Kobayashi, Ivan Filipović, Mayuko Mikogami and Takuomi Samejima,

A scheme submitted to a one-stage competition exploring ideas for a new embassy of Serbia in Canberra, Australia.

According to the initial studies of the typology, it is confirmed that the objects of the embassy of a very introvert programme, like Panopticon. When it comes to embassies, attention and focus on designing are in control, limited freedom of movement and inaccessibility to the contents. These facts were identified as weak points and, hence, the main challenge of the design team was to liberate as large part of the embassy as possible to the visitors, while maintaining necessary level of security and safety.

The design intention was to create a gathering point with the characteristics of the Serbian atmosphere. In parallel to the conceptual solutions, which allow freedom of movement and selection of activities, the main function of the embassy is not forgotten, nor is the necessary level of security. These factors

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have contributed to multi-layered solutions that, by design manipulations and “ softening “ the borders, give the illusion of complete openness, however, in reality, the building and activities are highly controlled and the facility meets al security conditions.

In formal terms, the existing trees including several protected ones had significant impact, which was supposed to be preserved and, with them, a certain design dialogue was established. Since it was dedicated that the new Serbian Embassy would be a gathering place and various activities, it was logical to offer a form that would emphasise the value and quality of existing greenery and enrich the existing vegetation with an inner courtyard.

The space of the atrium - the inner courtyard is primary and all activities are located around it and all the activities are oriented towards it.

Embassy as a place of assembly, embassy as a community centre, embassy as home.

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Artenoh Rehau

Biodiversity Museum and Landscape Design in Rehau, Germany Design Development and Presentation at EMBT Barcelona, 2017 with Stefan Geenen, Nil Corominas, Riccardo Radica, Fabrizio Tanchis, Gabriele Rotelli, Kyle Kiser and Daniel Cano

Artenoh Rehau is a biodiversity museum located in Rehau, Germany, a competitionwining scheme developed by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT Barcelona for a 2-stage competition organised by the city municipality.

Starting from projecting the lines drawn by birds from the forests following group intelligence, the project aims at integration of the museum building and the surrounding landscape design. The building follows an ecological concept, which is a part of the exhibition. The building volume is compact, oriented to the south and follows the 2000-year-old scheme of the “ sun house “ by Socrates. The green roofs integrate the building in landscape and invite the visitors to go up and discover the sculptural approach of the building.

The goal of the project is to focus on the biological diversity and to bring it together with the socio-cultural values. The point brings the design team back to the initial concept, the

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group intelligence in different habitats, with the design theme found by observing the birds flow over the plateau.

My involvement in the project came after winning the competition, modifying the volumes, developing some technological details with its spatial qualities to push the project to the development stage. I modelled the characteristic roof structures with Rhinoceros and Grasshopper to allow the design team to see the project’s silhouette immediately after modification of heights/ slopes, testing with physical models in parallel.

After defining the modified scheme, I was joined by other members to prepare presentations to the clients for the press conference held in October 2017. In this process, I explored a number of strategic view lines and their materialisation through production of photo realistic renderings.

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ELB Tower

High-rise Development and Landscape Design in HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany Competition Scheme at EMBT Barcelona, 2017 with Stefan Geenen, Daniel Cano, Cristina Ghigheanu, Kyle Kiser, Elisa Neagu, Marilena Petropoulou and Gabriele Rotelli

ELB Tower project was a joint competition entry by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT Barcelona, Hadi Teherani, other landscape and engineering offices. The focus of EMBT was on the integration of the tower with the ground, entrance to the project, and urban public spaces for the new iconic gate desired by the city.

In a group of four at the start and joined by other colleagues later, I went through from the concept to development and presentation on the tower project that stands 220m high in the Hafencity region of Hamburg, Germany.

The spectacular picture of two wind-filled sails symbolises the City with its unique location on the Elbe waterfront and the Alster.

We project the imaginary force lines of the winds that affects the sails on the base and superimposed these with the wavy lines that the boat draws onto the water. The outdoor

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facilities of the ELB Tower are divided into three distinct areas; 1. the ramps to the main entrance of the tower are designed with a motive as a homage to the port birthday; 2. the flat roof on the plinths is translated into large plaza with promenades, terraces, staircases and seating steps. The plinth floors are accessible and offer various views towards the city and the Elbe; 3. the dock promenades accept the function of the passage of the building and are simply designed in contrast to the base area.

My main contribution to the project were proposing various possible design options through prototyping either in digital and physical, and organising all the live information into a single model operating Rhinoceros and AuroCAD. During the preparation of the presentations, I was working on retouching the site plan and masterplan and compiling technical reports to the architectural firm.

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Soka-Matsubara Children’s Centre

Children Centre with Hall Arena in Soka City, Saitama, Japan Competition Scheme in collaboration with an architectural firm, Eureka, 2018 Runner-up (2nd Prize) with Satoshi Sano, Akifumi Hara, Tomonori Kajita and Makoto Tahara

A proposal for a new children’s centre in Soka City (a district called Matsubara), Saitama Japan.

are furnished with small elements and eaves attached to the building, making the project in human-scale.

The children’ centre is expected to be a social hub where the whole town raises their children up, and where, through such activities, various generation living in the town have chance to communicate each other. One of the main strategies is offering spaces with various different characteristics, and opportunities for the children to play creatively - found their own way to play in response to space. This idea drove us to creating a continuous space (with removable partitions) on a hill following its slope.

Another important feature of the project is to have a Hall Arena, which can be used as both a concert hall and a gymnasium. The space can be adjusted by movable sounding boards, depending on whether the Hall Arena is used for daily children’s exercise/sports or music events such as junior orchestra/chorus.

The exterior spaces are planned like a park, accessible and visible to everyone, strategically placing large and small squares. The plantation is based on a catalogue of existing plants, in particular, characterised by a line of zolkova, which have provided the place with rich urban canopy for a long time. These spaces

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The engineering solutions are dedicated to provide spaces for children in a sustainable manner. Toplights and light shelves creates well-lit interior spaces with natural ventilation, while structural system is optimised to realise a continuous open interior space with minimum shear walls.

This children’s centre will be a place where neighbours take care of children and where such process enhances communal interaction and public engagement.

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The project site is located at the end of a promenade running from the closest station, and surrounded by several educational facilities - an elementary school and a nursery.

The main square is planned facing to the frontal road, and create an adjunct hill. The children’s centre is designed on the hill.

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The hall is located on the west side of the plot. The L-shape arrangement of the volumes surrounds the square.

Create two paths that allow north-south permeability across the project site.

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The functions are placed on the hill following the slope. The various spaces are connected each other forming an unique open space.

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YOKOHAMA ON THE TABLE

Urban Furniture, Yokoham, Japan Entry to the 3rd Yokohama Street Furniture Competition, 2018 Award of Excellence and founded to realisation with Daisuke Kobayashi

YOKOHAMA ON THE TABLE is a piece of urban furniture aiming at creating unique experience where people can enjoy different perspectives of everyday-life of Yokohama.

Inspired by beautiful reflection of the city in the sea water, the main design goal is defined in replacing view of the ground with a dynamic, ever-changing spectacle of movement of cloud, people passing-by and simple objects placed on the table. The project is located at the prestigious location in front of Kenzo Tange’s Yokohama Museum surrounded by a number of characteristic landmarks including Landmark Tower, Queens Tower and the park, Grand Mall Park itself which follows the strong urban axis established by Tange.

This scheme won the award at the 3rdYokohama Street Furniture Competition, whose strong characteristic is that the winning schemes are actually built in real, and it was realised and exhibited during 20 - 27 November 2018.

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During design development, due to expected and unexpected limitations of tools, materials and budget, we had to modify the scheme several times. Although there were, of course, some inevitable compromises, we learnt that those challenges can be also good opportunities to rethink what we were trying to achieve and refine the final scheme in a more effective way.

After the completion, the table is actively used, as proposed, people enjoy the different perspectives and reflections of Yokohama on the table top, and more surprisingly and excitingly, the people (especially kids), with a single unusual table, find there own ways to interact with space.

Going through the full process, this project gave us a real experience and notion on a theme; Thinking, Making and Living Public Space, which I have been pursuing for years.

This also show a potential how small objects, such as urban furniture, can change urban spaces drastically.

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the tabletop like a water surface Exploring identity of Yokohama, we found image of Yokohama in beautiful reflection of the city on the sea water, which represents transitioning image of the city including time, movement of sky, rhythm of everyday-life.

Addressing the theme of interactivity, believing that the essence of Yokohama is already there, the main design strategy is replacing view of the ground with reflection of the dynamic, ever-changing spectacle of nature and activities in the public space.

Height of the tabletop is set higher than usual, 990mm above the ground, while height of the chairs stays normal (440mm).

This create the illusion where the ground is completely hidden by the reflective top, which offers people an unique experience where people interacting and objects on the table are merged into inverted image of the city.

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modification of competition scheme to the production reconsider and modify position of the holes and cuts to provide the most attractive views. To ensure the stability and safety, details of the edges and connection of the parts was developed. With a fullscale mock-up, height of the tabletop was examined carefully and defined to realise the best desired visual effect.

After the competition, there were needs for modification of the scheme several times. Those was due to limited tools, materials and budget, but the one with the biggest impact was unavailability of CNC cutting machine, which prevent us from shaping curved, smooth holes planned in the original scheme. As well as that, due to change of the located proposed by the committee, we have to

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flower pot: fake green coconuts fibre dry form plastic flower pot (265×180×110) tabletop: acrylic mirror t = 5 plywood t = 12 waterproof paint round chamfering R = 5

modesty panel: SPF 19×63 waterproof paint round chamfering R = 5

leg: wood (Japanese linden) 45×45 waterproof paint round chamfering R = 5

chair: wooden chair (colour: natural) waterproof paint

screw ring wire ring with concrete anchor

foundation: concrete plate 30×300×300

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AKITAKA SUZUKI tel: +818034703747 (Japan) mail: aktk3747@gmail.com

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