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MAISON DE LOURAN – 敷地形状や街並みに反応し微妙な形を織りなす / MAISON DE LOURAN – Weaves subtle shapes in response to the site shape and cityscape

13/06/1988

Article

Published in:

Nikkei Architecture, No.319, pp. 65-69

Publisher:

Shinkenchiku-sha Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Language:

Japanese

References

Projects

Emoto Apartment Building 1986 to 1989

Tokyo, Japan

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1989

Client:

Mrs. Sugiko Emoto

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Miyoko Tsutsui

Contractor:

Kibe Construction Company, with subsidiary management by Center for Environmental Structure, Japan

Project cost:

$1,500,000

Project stages:

Use of full scale mock-ups Preliminary Design and Design Development drawings Direct Construction management along with on-site design decisions Subcontractors under C.E.S. control

An apartment building laid out to enhance the two streets of the Komagone neighborhood, not far from downtown Tokyo. The site is surrounded with large buildings, and a local neighborhood behind, with lower buildings and much narrower streets. It is ...