Architectural SYUKO KATO
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T-HOUSE
Hokusai Museum of Sumida Design Proposal
2009-2010
2008
Private House
Museum
78.66m2
4,920 ㎡
Kugayama Church
OGAL PLAZA
2008-2009
2008 - (under construction)
Private House / Church
Urban design
223.06m2
11.8 ha
Maison DOUZE
OGAL PLAZA Public Library
2008-2009
2009 - (under construction)
Housing
library / child care center / tenant / marche
533.20m2
6567.42m2
Kogakuin University Student Center
Street Library
2009
2005-2006
University Student Center
Urban pathway (Library・Park)
9,630 ㎡
78.66m2
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Atelier Kitchen
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Atelier Kitchen
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T-HOUSE
1st floor
1st floor
1st floor
The site is rich and green, located not far from the center of Tokyo. The owner, an artist, wanted to arrange and extend his atelier space into the living room. He also wanted a wall of bookshelves
2009-2010 Location: Tokyo, Japan Private House 78.66 ㎡
with a good view of the back covers. The first floor was thus totally allotted to one room where he would spend most of the day, the other rooms being arranged on the ground floor. Saw-toothed factory-type roofs with large openings of glass were formed to the South and to the North to maintain good ventilation, and light from the sky. This arrangement of rooms attained a notable effect of expanding the sense of space, while the division of the room is made naturally by sunshine shifting slowly along with the change in daylight. The transcience of the seasons as exhibited by the color of the forest is taken in through the view.
Position: Project Architect •
Managed project with responsibilities for all process.
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Prepared and presented feasibility reports and design proposals to the client.
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Produced detailed working drawings and specifications.
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Resolved problems and issues that arose during construction.
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Professional experience
5 Entrance Hall
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1 Dining 2 Living 3 Atelier 4 Barcony 5 Room 6 Entrance 7 Tatami-room 8 Bath room 9 Storage 10 Terrace
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floor board W850 D300
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access bole 600×600
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ground floor plan scale 1/100
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2 Entrance hall 3 Bath room 4 Closet eaves base： Ｌ-30×30×5 rust proofing paint +ＳＯＰ eaves board： polycarbonate board ｔ6 bolt＠200 (SUS domed cap nut)
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5 Barcony
eaves gutter： galvalium steel panel bending
roof： structural ply wood ｔ18 silicate calcium board ｔ10 asphalt roofing purlin ｔ30 galvalium steel panels rib-seam joint heat insulator 24ｋｇ/ｍ3
ventilation fan panel： punched japanese lindesh veneerｔ4
smoke detector ＢＰＬｔ18 2-Ｍ16
smoke detector
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ceiling： ply wood ｔ12 japanese lindesh veneerｔ4
stainless Steel sink Ｗ860 Ｄ510 Ｈ２２０
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microwave oven
balustrade：steel pipe bended +ＳＯＰ top rail 30φ balustrer 10φ strut 20φ
balustrer： steel pipe 12φ rust proofing paint +ＳＯＰ
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stainless Steel sink Ｗ４７０ Ｄ４４５ Ｈ２００
balustrade： hot-dip gavanizing steel balustrade 30φ baluster 12φ strut 20φ
chestnut flooring ｔ3 with under floor heating plywood ｔ9 structural plywood ｔ12
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2-Ｍ16 ＢＰＬｔ18 G3
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barcony base pole： steel pipe 48.3φ×ｔ6 rust proofing paint+SOP ＊joint:steel pipe 30φ
ceiling： ply wood ｔ12 japanese lindesh veneerｔ4
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710 barcony flame： steel pipe 48.3φ×ｔ6 rust proofing paint +SOP
ventilation fan
bracket light
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counter Ｗ1140
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FRP water proofing structural plywood ｔ12
bath room mirror 450φ
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floor： chestnut flooring ｔ3 plywood ｔ9 structural plywood ｔ12
▽ground floor level
Washing Machine Pan 750 size
floor board： chestnut flooring ｔ3 plywood ｔ9 structural plywood ｔ12
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run：oak（ＯＳ+ＵＣ）
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three-sided mirror
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ventilation fan
ceiling ： FRP Waterproofing structural plywoodｔ12
beam： 150×105
Professional experience
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floor： barcony board： steel grating base angle Ｌ-50×50×6 rust proofing painting +ＳＯＰ
floor： FRP water proofing structural plywood ｔ12
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polyvinyl chloride flooring ｔ3 plywood ｔ9 structural plywood ｔ12
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balustrade top rail： steel pipe 30φ rust proofing paint+ＳＯＰ ＊joint: steel pipe 15φ
aluminium Composite Panel
kitchen shelves： pine laminated veneer lumber
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picture rail（W3.5M)
inside : heat insulator grass wool 24ｋｇ/ｍ3 plaster boardｔ12 japanese linden veneerｔ5.5+osmo color （Ｖ6 part:structural plywood ｔ12.5 +japanese linden veneerｔ5.5）
ventilation fan
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tie rod： steel pipe 20φ rust proofing paint +ＳＯＰ
curtain rail
aluminium channel C-80×40 lighting duct
external wall ： outside: structural plywoodｔ12 waterproof sheet furring stripsｔ18 UB board acrylic paint
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eaves flame： steel pipe 30φ rust proofing panint +ＳＯＰ
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sectional details scale 1/50
Volume
Density
chapel residence
Circulation
chapel
chapel
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Kugayama Church
kitchen
residence residence
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section
This church was located at the dead-end of a narrow lane to a densely inhabited neighborhood in the western suburb of Tokyo. On the top of a small hill and surrounded by buildings on almost all sides, this church could only be noticed from one corner where an
2008-2009 Location: Tokyo, Japan Private House / Church 223.08 ㎡
entrance was located. The chapel and the related functions were arranged into the basement, approached via exterior stairs. The pastor’s residence was open to a spacious patio mainly used for the communal activities. Climbing up the hill, and descending the deep stair lead to a dark prayer space. At the end of which worshipors would find the cross hung under the unexpectedly strong sunlight introduced from above. In contrast with this dark realm below, the upper sphere was fully lit through the central patio. A narrow path under eaves and pergola provided a transitional zone. Although there was essentially no garden, the approaching lane and the stairway to the basement were fringed with rich vegetation to cut the view from the disturbances of the outer world.
Position: Assistant Architect •
Joined team and discussed the objectives, requirements and budget of the project.
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Assisted the project architect in producing drawings, models and images.
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Adjusted and clarified the legal conditions including negotiations with the government office.
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basement floor plan scale 1/400
1 lounge
2 patio 3 dining 4 kitchen 5 bed room 6 lavatory 7 bath room 8 entrance 9 hall 10 chapel 11 pastor's room 12 office
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Yasumitsu Matsunaga / Modern Architecture Institute Professional experience
basement floor chapel
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Lounge Patio Dining Kitchen Chapel Office Pastor’s room
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sectional details scale 1/100
Pit Pit
Professional experience
south elevation scale 1/100
Yasumitsu Matsunaga / Modern Architecture Institute
second room water surroundings
work space
Section
Plan
Circulation section
maison DOUZE
section
section
This was a scheme for housing and studios for twelve artists. We designed the scheme to gain the maximum volume allowable within the legal conditions of Japanese regulations.
2008-2009 Location: Saitama, Japan Housing 533.20m2
Each unit had a ceiling height of four meters to allow for the production of large sized art work. The kitchen and bathroom were made smaller and lower to allow a loft space above which doubles as a sleeping area. This arrangement allows diagonal space and an expansion of the perceived area of the apartments as well as cross ventilation and views.
Position: Project Architect •
Managed the project from start to finish.
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Negotiated with contractors and other professionals.
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Visited the site regularly to check on progress, ensuring that the project ran on time and to budget.
Professional experience
Yasumitsu Matsunaga / Modern Architecture Institute
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first floor loft plan
1 Main entrance 2 Entranc 3 Room 4 Kitchen 5 Bathroom 6 Terrace 7 Loft
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ground floor loft plan
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Main entrance Entrance Storage Closet Loft
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Kogakuin University Student Center
Presented is a plan for a University Campus located in Hachioji, Tokyo. The site of the University is situated halfway up a mountain. One can get a bird’s eye view of whole the surrounding campus, and far down to the houses and streets of Hachioji town. “Two-fold Academy Rings” floating on “The Common Hill”
2009
The lecture rooms, the laboratories, and the other offices were so arranged as to form two-fold rings-structure with corridors
Location: Tokyo, Japan
following the traditional style of a college enclosing a courtyard.
University Student Center
Further, this open space of the courtyard rich in green was designed on a hill. The rings were constructed as if they looked like
9,630 ㎡
floated on the piloti, and the administration offices were situated beneath the courtyard of a hummock, named here “The Common Hill”, because it presented an easy access to the lecture rooms. Thus any access via piloti from the surrounding buildings of the campus was guaranteed, and the access paths to the offices became also smooth. The administration offices in the underground took advantage of the location that could receive light from above the hill. This configuration secured both realizing good views from the neighboring center down to the towns, and also enabling the lower height of the buildings. Position: Assistant Architect •
Arranged the qualification of the competitions for the first discussion.
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Joined competition team and discussed concept design.
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Prepared materials, such as models and CG images, and put them into one sheet of the presentation board.
Yasumitsu Matsunaga / Modern Architecture Institute
Environment
Professional experience
Volume
Access
Hokusai Museum of Sumida Design Proposal
“A Casket floated in the sky” This proposal is for a Hokusai Museum planed in the site near the new Tokyo Tower under construction. The principal requirement for the new plan was a building that could contribute to the inhabitants of the city in a variety of their
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activities.
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The site neighbored a park facing to the main street of the name of Hokusai.
Museum
The new building was so planned as the citizens could make good use of the facility in their daily lives. An interface to function
4,920 ㎡
a smooth access to the building was formed in succession to the park. Above on the site was structured a wooden casket in a form of floating in the sky that took a precious collections and the material of Hokusai. The casket was equipped with display and information retrieval apparatus. It was expected that the museum might present a sight familiar with the citizens, as if a landmark floated in front of the park.
Position: Assistant Architect •
Arranged the qualification of the competitions for the first discussion.
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Joined competition team and discussed concept design.
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Prepared materials, such as models and CG images, and put them into one sheet of the presentation board.
Professional experience
Yasumitsu Matsunaga / Modern Architecture Institute
Museum - City
Plan
Sunken garden between the park and the museum
OGAL PLAZA
This project was planed to connect the west side of the station in the pastoral area with the east side that featured the historical district ”Hizume” of an old post town once crowded for a few hundred years.
2008- (under construction) Location: Iwate, Japan Urban design 11.8 ha
The site was divided into three zones. Firstly the green principal street consisting of the municipal office, the library, community studio, store buildings, and a public square among those buildings, secondly the neighboring residential zone, and thirdly the peripheral zone of the site. The respective zones were so planed as they would “echo” with the neighboring districts depending on the proper background of the respective regions; 1. The green principal street was planed in reference to a scenery of an old village spread among the windbreak forests called “Egune”, 2. In the residential zone was adopted a “southern cornered housings” consisting of a stable and a residence jointed in the form of a letter “L”, as were often popular since the old time in Shiwa. A design guideline was further organized so that the designing of the streets and the buildings on the sites could be positively controlled. This guideline was made full use of in creating and maintaining environmental conditions of the town, in which the inhabitants and the visitors find the beauty and the prosperity, as well as of the cultural consistency. Position: Assistant Architect •
Joined team and discussed the objectives, requirements and budget of the project.
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Assisted feasiblity study such as searching the local area conditions and similar scheme of the urban design project.
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Assisted producing design guideline, making models and images.
Area
tradittional old area
paddy area
residential area paddy area
vacant lot
tradittional old area
green street & park sports ground
residential area
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residential area
residential area
residential area
residential area paddy area
tradittional old area
green street & park sports ground
residential area
residential area
Site Residential zone Green street zone
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square
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square
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Yasumitsu Matsunaga / Modern Architecture Institute
The peripheral zone
site
Professional experience
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form
car
strage southern cornered housing
gate・wall・fence
public landscape 1m inside between the line
paddy area
OGAL PLAZA Public Library
This project was of the first building as belonged to the OGAL Urban Design Project. A library was planned to be constructed at the site near a station facing the green principal street. The plan was characterized as
2009 - (under construction) Location: Iwate, Japan library / child care center / tenant / marche 6567.42m2
to realize a facility in which not only the citizens could utilize it but also cultural exchanges among the citizens were to be actively promoted. Thus a large scale two-storied building of the floor space over 6,000 square meters was designed, in which the building consisted of three wooden-structures separated by two reinforced concrete-structures. This configuration enabled to apply for a large-scale complex-use wooden building. Further more, this scheme of the wooden building reduced the cost, and also contributed to use local wood, and so to reinvigorate local economies. In addition to the configuration of the complex building scheme, methods of construction were examined in detail to allow not only possible choice of the conventional Japanese method but also the wooden structure with the beautiful “mansard roof” that presented pillar-less space in the upper-story, as of the structure by Inayama Masahiro.
Position: Assistant Architect •
Joined competition team and discussed the objectives, requirements.
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Assisted the project architect in producing drawings, models and images.
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Adjusted and clarified the legal conditions and the budget of the project.
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library
Professional experience
public library
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civic hall
tenant
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studio
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clinic
studio
exhibition space
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EV hall
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exhibition space
child care center
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STREET LIBRARY
A new concept of "an urban pathway" is proposed that would possibly draw inhabitants with the regional history and its color into the existing buildings, and so contribute daily to create new activities just by presenting transient places in which a variety of
2005-2006 Location: Yanaka, Japan Urban pathway (Library/Park)
voluntary interaction among them could more happen. In the course of the research attempted to re-examine how people tend to select their respective communities among urban spaces at the traditional downtown attention was focused onto the fertile public space where the narrow streets run and cross like web among the unique residential districts of complexity. This is the aim of the scheme to reform the open space so that the new urban pathways are contrived to lead and connect to the existing community center, and work as active streets rather than passive space keeping good privacy and safety isolation in the city, hopefully compatible with the traditional features of the old communities.
Diploma work for batchelor’s degree
Volume
Site
Personal Project / Diploma Work
Circulation
View from a street to the library
Architectural
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SYUKO KATO katosyuko@gmail.com