Portfolio 2021 by Soichiro Osaki

A r c h i t e c t u r e Po r t f o l i o Soichiro Osaki design works |2018-2021

Soichiro Osaki 1997.7.4 Born in Tottori, Japan

E d u c a t i o n 2013-2016 Tottori West High School 2016-2020 Kyoto University

Department of Architecture

2020-2022 University of Tokyo

Graduate School of Enginerring Department of Architecture

A w a r d s 2020

Excellence Award in Kyoto University Architectural Graduation Design

Sendai Design League Best of Graduate Works in Japan 100 selections

The List of Excellent Graduation Works in KINDAIKENCHIKU-SHA Magazine

2021

4th Prize at Kyoto University Department of Architecture 100th Aniversay Competition

S o f t w a r e OS

Mac OS / Microsoft Windows

Modering

Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, Archicad

Graphics

Adobe CC (Illustrater, Photoshop, Indesign, Premire Pro)

Rendering Lumion, Twinmotion

R u n w a y - s c a p e -Accelerator Laboratory & Radiotherapy Hospital-

Summer studio project (2021) 4th Prize at Kyoto University Department of Architecture 100th Aniversary Competition

Re-evaluate the runway

Even a single civil engineering

even after it has finished its function,

new landscape by adding a new layer

structure can have a long-lasting

because the concrete that has been

o f l i n e a r a c c e l e r a t o r t o t h e r u n w a y,

a n d s i g n i f i c a n t i m p a c t o n a c i t y.

poured is too thick to dismantle.

renewing the relationship between

The runway also remains in the city

This project proposes to create a

t h e r u n w a y, t o p o g r a p h y, a n d t h e c i t y.

New Runway

Shirahama Beach Hotspring

Old Runway

Nankikumano Geopark

Site The old runway that was abandand

of Nanki-Kumano, the area is home to

due to the construction of a new

hot spring facilities, Shirahama Beach,

runway, located on the premises of

and Nanki-Kumano Geopark.

Nanki Shirahama Airport in Wakayama Prefecture. It is a 3m thick, 30m wide, and 1.2km long block of concrete. Surrounded by the complex topography

熊野浦十五景図

Nanki-shirahama belongs to the Kii Peninsula. This peninsula is famous for the kumano pilgrimage route, a world heritage site. Pilgrims visited Nanki-Shirahama to heal their bodies on their way to the shrine. Because there are many hot springs there.

Pilgrimage route on SITE

the Kii Peninsula

～ 1972 So until runway was built people used hot springs for healing. They also visited souvenir shops and local restaurants.

For Healing

Souvenier

Foods

1972 ～ But Since runway was built, people use them for recreation.They do everything at the hotel and enjoy Nanki-Shirahama as a resort area. They don't interact with the local residents.

For Recreation Foods

Souvenier

Local Residents

2021 Now the tourists are fewer and the resort hotels become ruins. We need a new use for this area.

Runway to Linear Accelerater

Linear Accelerater Labratory

The linear site created for the runway meets the requirements necessary to

Local natural tourism resources

Use

b u i l d a l i n e a r a c c e l e r a t o r. In addition to laboratories u s i n g t h e a c c e l e r a t o r, I p l a n to build a hospital where advanced cancer treatment, as the accelerated particles can be used for cancer treatment. To g e t h e r w i t h t h e l o c a l h o t springs and other medical treatment facilities, this will create a new tourism resource value in Nanki-Shirahama

Radiotherapy hospital

people can receive the most

Western Medicine

Oriental Medicine

as a place of hospital.

Old runway gains value as a medical tourism destination

Inside the linear accelerator

Linear Accelerater

Beamline 2500

5100

1900

9500

High Speed (for experimental use)

Low Speed (for medical use)

Runway

Overlap of beamline and Topography

Linear Accelerater and Beamline The linear accelerator itself is buried underground because of the electromagnetic interference, and the beamline, which carries the accelerated particles, appears above ground. The angle of this beamline varies from the linear accelerator in proportion to the speed of the accelerated particles, so the shape of the beamline above ground is determined solely by physics.

Linear Accelerater

Beamline for experimenatal use

Beamline for medical use

The laboratory is built Radiotherapy hospital

o n t h e r u n w a y, a n d t h e treatment center is located at the end of the

Laboratory

beamline, intertwined w i t h t h e t o p o g r a p h y. T h e side of the runway and the basement are used to house the researchers. As shown

Runway Shrine House for reseachers

in the horizontal cross section, the beamline is reflected as a negative and positive in the form of the l a b o r a t o r y, h o s p i t a l , a n d residence.

Runway Oriental origin Routine visit Pray for healing

Pilgrims

Hot spring care Hot spring

Western origin Routine care Hospital

Restaurant

Shrine

Laboratory

Stay for a month

Accomodation

commute

Local Residents

commute

Researchers

Patients

Pay tax

Local Government People in Nanki-Shirahama

Lend land

Company From the World

People from city and overseas

The runway and the airport site is a plateau with a higher elevation than the surrounding area.Bordered by the old runway, the west side has a undulating terrain with residential areas, medical treatment facilities, ocean and hot spring facilities, while the east side has an artificial, relatively flat terrain with experimental buildings attached to the beamline, the new runway and the airport.

The day of Summer Solstice

Natural Rhythm By the period in which the direction of the beamline is parallel to the sunlight, researchers pursuing the truth of the universe feel the rhythm of nature, not the artificial rhythm of a clock.

Laboratoy The runway is 3m thick and

change their experimental

Runways are built to face the

on the side of runway are

thus will be solid foundation.

apparatus to change the plan

direction of the strongest

comfortable spaces with a

This makes it easy for

according to the grid based

w i n d s t h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r.

stable temperature and a

laboratories that frequently

on the angle of the beamline.

As a result, houses located

year-round breeze.

Laboratory 1F PLAN

Laboratory 2F PLAN

Residense for Researchers PLAN

Hospital A ・Treatment Stage 3 (mild) cancer treatment ・Particle acceleration 74% of the speed of light ・Features of the location A panoramic view of the Shirahama Coast Topography with a slight hollow

Hospital B ・Treatment Stage 4 (severe) cancer treatment ・Particle acceleration 83% of the speed of light ・Features of the location Located in a forest Valley in a direction parallel to the beamline

Each beamline has a different research focus, and different research institutes line up on the runway.

Underneath the high-tech research facility, researchers live in a primitive space created by digging down the side of the runway.

Patients with severe cancer receive healing and quiet treatment in the forest

The hospital, which overlooks the Shirahama coast, will be a valuable place for the local people and a place to interact with patients from all over the world

egative aspects of the runway is

reevaluated by researchers. For researchers, the runway is a place to live and rest comfortably under it, and a place to work on it at the same time.

Shrine

A section of the runway is

they will be exposed to the

their health, local residents go

parties come together and it

visible by cutting straight

enormity of the runway and the

to worships, and researchers

is connected to the Kumano

grooves into it. When people

geological history of the past.

work above it. This place

pilgrimage route.

reach the shrine underneath,

Patients come here to pray for

is the node where the three

Pilgrims pass through a three-meter section of concrete

The strata of the past have been deposited under the runway

People worship Buddha carved into the strata

MODEL OF THE SITE (1/2000)

MODEL OF THE LABORATORY (1/100)

MODEL OF THE HOSPITAL A (1/100)

Climbing-Memory -A Place to Celebrate in Tottori Castle Town-

Graduation Thesis project (2020) Excellence Award in Kyoto University Architectural Graduation Design

Sendai Design League Best of Graduate Works in Japan 100 selections The List of Excellent Graduation Works in KINDAIKENCHIKU-SHA Magazine

Extraordinary events are remembered, recalled, and create new images through ordinaly events. O r i g i n a l l y, w e d d i n g s a n d f u n e r a l s were held at home, and there was a close relationship between memory and place, between the o r d i n a r y a n d t h e e x t r a o r d i n a r y. Today, most weddings, funerals, and ceremonies are held in suburban facilities, far from the ordinary. This project aims to create a place of celebration where the ordinary and extraordinary intersect.

The link between "memory" and "place" Memory also plays an important role in our consciousness and ego. It is also an aspect that is constantly being generated, changed, and imagined by the emotion of the moment. Memory is strengthened by "place" In ancient Greece, a memory technique was developed that linked memory and "place", and was used in speeches.

A place of celebration where the ordinary and extraordinary intersect This architecture is for the

The romms for celebrating

Extraordinary spaces overlap with

celebration of life's milestones.There

life's milestones is seen as an

existing trails, strengthening

are several rooms with capacities

extraordinary place, and the

memory

ranging from 5 to 30 people and the

mountain trail of kyusho-mountain,

experience for people in this region.

room will be used according to the

w h e r e To t t o r i C a s t l e w a s l o c a t e d ,

content of the celebration.

is seen as an everyday place.

Extraordinaly/Remember

Ordinary/Recall

Mountain trail

and enriching the

Birth

Coming-of-age

Wedding

Conception

Longevity

Composition of 1 unit

Connecting the ordinary and the extraordinary with SCENERY

The scenery from the corridor is also visible from the trail, and every time people climb, their memories This corridor is

are recalled with the senery.

a space framing the scenery

The senery from the ceremony room and trail

Mountain trail

Tottori Castle Town This area was planned starting from K y u s h o - m o u t a i n , w h e r e To t t o r i Castle was located. The original layout of the castle town is still intact today.

SITE

5 Districts To t t o r i c a s t l e t o w n

Moat

is divided into 5 districts by moats,

Hukuro river Koyama river

rivers, and railroad tracks, and the view from the castle ruins is different for each.

San-in line

Sendai river

Johoku Park

7 Locations

Warabe Hall

The scenery is cut

Prefectural Library

out so that people in this region can see familiar places.

Fuse Sports Park Yoshikata Hot Spring

Sendai Bridge Tottori Station

Personal Memory to Collective Memory This architecture is seen as an accumulation of personal memories that incorporate the places of each person's life. It is also shared as a collective memory beyond the framework of personal memories. Just as Tottori Castle used to be a symbol of the town.

2.5

7.5

17.5m

Rooftop Plan This architecture consists of 5 units with different views depending on the height.

Room for 30

Office

Storage

Waiting room

Room for 15

Kitchen

Restaurant

Office

Coming-of-Age ceremony place

Room for 20

1F PLAN

2F PLAN

7 8

10 11 5

6 3

Wedding reception hall

Entrance

Groom's waiting room

Bride's waiting room

Guest's waiting room

Resting room for climbers

Transit corridor

Room for 20

4F PLAN

3F PLAN

15 16 14

19 12

18 13

Pe r s p e c t i v e f r o m Wa k a s a s t r e e t , which runs from Tottori Station to the Tottori Castle ruins. This architecture is visible from anywhere in this town.

A unit consists of a double wall with the trail through it. Between the two walls there is a place of cerebration. The outer wall -the shell- is pushed inward to bring the outside view inside. It also gently divides the extraordinary space and the forest. The inner wall is hollowed inward to fit the cut-out view and the room.

C l i m b a b l e

C i t y

登攀都市 -Chayamachi Caltural Complex-

Summer studio project (2019)

Climb, Lean on, and Touch The skyscrapers in the city center have a solid wall and tower in front of us. They cuts off the relationship with the city and with people. I propose to dissolve the boundary between architecture, the city, a n d p e o p l e b y a l l o w i n g p e o p l e t o c l i m b, lean on, and touch the architecture itself.

Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. Most of th e centr a l a r ea is lowland. Rokko to the northwest and Osaka Bay to the southwest.

The site is a transportation node with the JR Kobe Line, Osaka Loop Line, Midosuji Line and Hankyu Line passing nearby.

Miscellaneous and Cultural City -Chayamachi

This site is located in the midst of Chayamachi, where there are many cultural facilities of various sizes and scales. It is adjacent to Umeda Loft and other large scale facilities.

Climbable Structure By crushing the box as shown on the left, a concrete shell is created that people can move on the surface. When the shell is connected, there is no longer a boundary between the destination and the path to it. As shown in the image sketch, people experience alternating between interior and exterior spaces.

Consciousness of the body due to a tilted floor With the tilted floor, the sense of touch perceived by the soles of the feet becomes the dominant information element over vision. In addition, the weight of the human body can be felt even in a stationary state, so the body is constantly brought into awareness. Functions are assigned according to the impressions felt at the time.

Legal regulation of diagonal floor slope

Open

Music Hall

Shop

Cafe

Theater

Library

Izakaya

Gallery

Office

+7.5m PLAN

+11.3m PLAN

+15m PLAN

+18.3m PLAN

Revival of Suhara Street -Higashikujo Redevelopment Project-

Summer studio project(2019)

In urban planning, there is often a gap between the initial plan and the actual city. The process of redevelopment is divided into three stages: urban structure, urban form, and urban landscape, and the intentions of planning are appropriately reflected in the architecture.

Outline of Higashikujo

Current situation of Higashikujo

From 1920s, Korean came to live in this area, and the larhest

There is a lot of vacant land but

There are no parking lots and

K o r e a n t o w n i n Ky o t o w a s f o r m e d . Pe o p l e w a s l i v i n g i n a

no use for it and no overall plan.

street parking is common.

terribly humble houses, called barrack.

Around 1960s, the population density of the area reached more 600 pop./ha. There were serious problem, such as sickness, crime, and fire. Moreober inhabitants were suffering ethnic descrimination and fight against it.

Finally, the housing reconstruction project starred in 1990s, and then removed all barrack. A s a r e s u l t , v a s t v a c a n t l o t s a r e r e m a i n i n g n o w. Fo r t h i s problem, Kyoto city decided a basic poplicy for revitalization of the area introducing artistic activities and facilities.

The town is divided by Suhara-

Suhara-dori is seen as a loophole for cars,

dori and the Takasegawa River.

making it difficult for people to walk.

Phase 1

URBAN STRUCTURE

URBAN FORM

1) Architectural and diagonal restrictions

Car

Car & People

Phase 2

Crossing Point

People

Expanded Spaciality

45°

Suhara street

New walkway

Diagonal restrictions are applied to achieve a building coverage ratio of 60% so that the building is lowered according to Current Situation

Proposal

Result

Bend and Expansion ・Cars run on this bent street slowly.

Suhara-dori while being set back.

2) Cutting volume, creating public space

・Although emergency vehicle and residentsʼ cars run on this street, pedestrians use this main street with confidence. ・The bent street penetrates in vacant lots. ・Vacant lots will be connected to more roads. The city's nutrients will reach the vacant land like a leaf vein.

To achieve a floor-area ratio of 200%, the volume created by the diagonal restriction is cut away.

1) High rise area → North-south open space A space like a terrace with a view of the street

2) Low rise area → East-West open space

A space like a side street connecting streets

Phase 3

URBAN LANDSCAPE 67

Vacant land 2

- Dormitories and Studios