Kengo Kuma has completed the ‘Coeda house’, a café located in a garden in Shizuoka, Japan. The design aesthetic is informed by the innovative structure, which sees the design team stack square cedar boards to form a huge tree-like building. The scenic project allows views over the pacific ocean and the surrounding landscape.
The 8 centimeter square cedar boards were stacked randomly and reinforced with a carbon fiber rod, with a tensile strength seven times that of iron. The design imitates the structural elegance of a tree: where a a single trunk with large branches provides stability in the event of an earthquake. Kengo Kuma appropriately named the project ‘Coeda House’, which means the ‘house of small branches’. The site lies on a cliff overlooking the pacific ocean which allows it to become an observatory to experience nature.
8厘米见方的雪松木板是随机堆放的并用碳纤维棒加固／The 8 centimeter square cedar boards were stacked randomly and reinforced with a carbon fiber rod
‘Due to the tree-like form, we were able to eliminate columns at the perimeter which would otherwise obscure the landscape‘, explains Kengo Kuma & associates. Sprawling across 1,500 square feet, the open pavilion and cafe becomes carefully integrated within the Shizuoka landscape.
设计模仿树结构的优雅形象，树干结构让建筑更具稳定性／The design imitates the structural elegance of a tree where a a single trunk provides stability
隈研吾给项目命名为“Coeda House”，意思是“小树枝的房子”／Kuma appropriately named the project Coeda House, which means the ‘house of small branches’
基地在能够俯瞰太平洋的悬崖边上，这里是个能让人们充分体验自然气息的观景平台／The site lies on a cliff overlooking the pacific ocean which allows it to become an observatory to experience nature
咖啡馆满足了人们在海滨花园风景里就餐的体验／The cafe allows for a scenic dining experience within the oceanside garden
