Urban Woods

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Urban Woods

Firm

Yoshiaki Oyabu Architects

Type

Cultural › Pavilion

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2011

Conceived as a small forest, the design consists of a grid-like system of lumber pieces that loosely wrap around the building's volume. The natural element of the installation purposely contrasts itself from the industrial site, creating chaotic wood assemblage on the otherwise rectangular steel frame, wall, ceiling and tarmac road. Integrated with the exterior expression of the building, the wooden structure lends a distinct identity to the design. The 'forest' elements permeate into the interior space, spreading on the ceiling like a system of roots. A built-in bench that runs along the side of the layout extends beyond the glazing to form a long outdoor terrace that benefits from a level of privacy behind the wooden installation. As a result, the structure performs as an extra skin to the building, providing additional shading from. As time goes by, the wooden structure will age and slowly change its appearance with growing ivy planted in the flowerbed of each floor. The ivy blooms, and emits a good smell. The characteristic shadow on the road changes the form with passage of time. Such changes charms people. The installation containing such changes is urban woods.

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