Tokyo: Tree House Design by Mount Fuji Architect
The Tree House designed by the Japanese Architects studio Mount Fuji located in densely developed residential area in Tokyo. The project name refers to the development of vertical space in the residence, around a large central pillar, reproduce the branching of a tree.
The particular promiscuity with the adjacent dwellings and the consequential sense of “oppression” generated from the site, led the designers to exclude a horizontal architecture for a vertical design, because the house could be as isolated as possible from the context.
“The geometry obtained on the basis of the Cartesian system, normally used in architectural design – the study says Masahiro Harada Mount Fuji Architects – brings benefits in terms of expansion according to a fixed horizontal orientation. A system does not suit this context. Hence our decision to adopt the polar system, which describes the position of an item based on distance and angle from the center of the site.
The Tree House is built around a central pillar of 1.1 m in diameter that divides the interior space into four different areas. The pillar is composed of 32 panels, LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber) * 51 mm thick, assembled at right angles, which rotate 360 degrees. Each panel, has turning with growing by 55 mm compared to the previous year. For the resulting in complete rotation have an area with increased height of 1.7 meters. The different heights that are created with this system distinguish each of the four areas where space is articulated.
“When you sit down, close to the central trunk, and look up, you can see the development of the individual radial elements, reminiscent of the branching of a tree.”
Architects: Mount Fuji Architect
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Designers: Masahiro Harada, Mao Harada
Project Year: 2009
Photos: © Ken`ichi Suzuki
Link: www14.plala.or.jp/mfas/fuji.htm
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