Miyanomori | Kengo Kuma and associates

Sapporo / Japan

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On a mountain overlooking Sapporo city, we designed a multi-unit residence. Instead of adopting the typical residential “large box” tower format, we stacked “small house” units along the mountain slope in a stepped hill form. The “small house” units are staggered in plan to create spaces between adjacent units, allowing the residences to be full of natural light and ventilation and have clear vistas of the surrounding nature.


Locally sourced logs cover the exterior and retaining walls. Log panels that leave rough bark unremoved serve as stay-in-place formwork for concrete, attempting a new method to combine wood and concrete.


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札幌の中⼼市街地を⾒下ろす⼭沿いの斜⾯に、丘のような形の集合住宅をデザインした。⼀般的なマンションのような”⼤きなハコ”ではなく、”⼩さな家”を斜⾯に沿ってステップ状に積み上げた。横にずらしながら積むことで、前後の”家”の間に隙間を設け、眺望のよい、光と⾵に満ちた住空間をつくりたいと考えた。


建物の外壁と斜⾯の⼟留め擁壁は、地元産の間伐材丸太で覆った。樹皮の表情を残した荒々しい丸太を並べてパネル化し、それを型枠にしてコンクリートと⼀体化させるという新たな⼯法に挑戦した。

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    On a mountain overlooking Sapporo city, we designed a multi-unit residence. Instead of adopting the typical residential “large box” tower format, we stacked “small house” units along the mountain slope in a stepped hill form. The “small house” units are staggered in plan to create spaces between adjacent units, allowing the residences to be full of natural light and ventilation and have clear vistas of the surrounding nature. Locally sourced logs cover the...

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    • Type Multi-family residence
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