Workshop in Shiroyama / Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates

Textual content description supplied by the architects. To the west of the deliberate web site is a residential space, past which stands an city heart with medium- and high-rise buildings. To the east of the positioning is a forest owned by a shrine, and the small workshop stands in a singular location on the boundary between the town and the forest. The positioning is topic to complicated authorized restrictions. It seems that roughly 30 m2 is the one web site on which it’s attainable to construct right here.

The consumer is a ceramic artist and requested a studio on the bottom flooring and a gallery and visitor home on the primary flooring. I assumed that by connecting the inside areas with the completely different characters of the atmosphere on the east and west sides of the positioning, a wide range of landscapes and a way of generosity could possibly be created in a small constructing. I deliberate three openings.

The primary is a gap that connects the workshop to the forest in order that although it’s within the metropolis heart, guests can think about their work as in the event that they had been in a workshop within the forest.

The second opening is positioned within the staircase room. Whereas climbing the spiral staircase, the panorama modifications from the encompassing residential space to the town within the distance.

The third opening is a panorama window on the east facet of the second flooring: on the bottom flooring, the panorama is dominated by undergrowth and tree trunks, however from the second flooring, leaves, and sky fill the complete window floor.

The big home windows in a small constructing enable the encompassing atmosphere to develop into the inside panorama as it’s, giving the sensation of being in a city or forest. This small workshop is a small quantity guided by rules, with openings guided by the placement, and is deliberate to develop a wide range of landscapes that transcend the dimensions of the constructing.