Presentation Video
Presentation Video
ARCHITECTURE & ART ALL WORKS 2015-2021
ITSUKI
MATSUMOTO
PROJECT
PROGRAM
アートプロジェクト活動拠点/Art Base
CLIENTS
道後アート実行委員会
Dogo Art Executive
Katsuhiko Hibino x Dogo Onsen, Dogo Art 2019/2020"Himitsujanai Kichi Project"
TYPE
実施コンペ / Competition
YEAR
2020.06
LOCATION
愛媛県松山市道後湯月町(上人坂)
2-41 Dogo Yuzukicho, Matsuyama, Ehime
COLLABORATORS
実施設計/Detailed design
愛媛建築研究所/Ehime Architecture and design Office
構造設計/structural design
PHOTOGRAPHY
藤尾構造建築設計事務所/Fujio and Associates
施工/construction
Iyo Takumi no kai (Susumu Ito / Ito construction firm)
伊藤工務店+伊予匠ノ会
宮畑周平[瀬戸内編集デザイン研究所]
Shuhei Miyahata [Setouchi Editorial Institute]
SUMMARY
This is a project for which a 23-year old graduate student did the preliminary design and design development. It is a work of collaboration created with local young architects and artisans.
Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture is a city known for Dogo Onsen. The area enjoys a mild climate thanks to the Seto Inland Sea, and with hot springs as a tourist resource, it is ranked as one of the most popular sightseeing destinations in Japan. Since 2014, art events have been held as part of the town revitalization strategy, and this facility was built for the 2019/ 2020 edition of the art project to provide a base for those activities. It is a small-scale, public architecture also used as a community hub.
The project site is located at the end of a gentle slope, facing a historic temple. There are also a number of traditional temples and shrines in the area. While inheriting their essence in a contemporary manner, the project is designed to be site-specific, appropriate as a base for artistic activities.
The roof, undulating in harmony with the surrounding natural environment, uses the elegantly curved roof of shrines and temples as a metaphor.
The form of the roof is defined by the context of the site. Its outline follows the edge of the gentle slope, and the open frontage, when looked from down the slope, provides a sequential experience with the temple. When seen from the top of the slope, the conical form mimics the surrounding mountains, completing the landscape as a foreground.
Thus, the curved lines are drawn not only by my intention but also in accordance with the history and the landscape. A line drawn in such a way can be beautiful.
What brings them together as architecture is the structural system centered around the main column.
The column is decentered on a circular plan with a diameter of 7,800 mm. The climbing beams, which rest on the peripheral columns of different heights, meet at the main column to form the three-dimensional surface of the timber roof floating in the air.
The deviated center generates a mountain-shaped design with deep eaves and maximizes the space for activities as doma (earthen floor)/ gallery while downsizing the semicircular interior space.
When seen from inside, the undulating eaves gently frame the surrounding landscape, opening up the space of less than 20 tsubo (approx. 66 sq. m).
By creating an open space integrated with the existing environment, the art/ community hub is designed as a place where everyone feels invited.