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Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan

Idea projektu

I propose a house where you fully enjoy the benefits of giving by rain, and you wait eagerly for a rainy day .

Popis projektu

Do you like rain?
On rainy days, many people dislikes that the schedule is canceled or you can not wash clothes.However, we can forget daily life on rainy days.
It changes the world attractive, the green of the leaf looks brilliant, the cafe that does not usually stop by looks to be a wonderful place, and the woman who tied her hair looks beautiful.

Technické informace

The skins constituting the architecture are subjected to semi-transparent processing by etching.
This processing dramatically approaches transparency when it touches a water drop due to rain or the like.
At that time, the interior of the architecture is expanded to the outside, and the boundary between the inside and the outside of the room becomes obscure.
Once wet the skin gradually returns to semi-transparent with gradation.
At this time, the change is different depending on the weather, so you can feel the difference in subtle weather conditions.
Skin deflection changes due to thermal expansion.
You can feel the deflection of this skin the following from the skin expands and contracts to the inner space on sunny days, and the raindrops flowing through the skin r and the difference in the beat of the rain on the skin on rainy .
For passengers, the decline in the house's elevation gives the opportunity to discover the space and path that existed in the city hidden behind.
The boundary between the inside and the outside of this house creates a difference depending on the viewpoints of residents and others.As the way of looking at the house erodes each other's areas, it triggers new activities.