remodeling stockpiled timber into structure
House & Workplace SH by 1-1 Architects is a combined work environment and house for a construction company in Nagoya, Japan. Discovered within a thick, low-rise community, the home and studio draws directly from products long held in storage, providing physical type to a local condition that is both practical and cultural.
The client had actually accumulated a big quantity of lumber throughout 2 neighboring storage facilities over years. Much of it originated from bulk orders positioned by a previous generation, in addition to salvaged pieces gathered throughout demolition. These areas differed in size, types, and condition, that made them tough to reuse in traditional building. Rather of cutting them down into standardized aspects, 1-1 Designers approached the stockpile as a set of fixed measurements to be worked with directly.
image © Takashi Uemura a structure shaped by what currently exists The group at 1-1 Architects forms its House & Workplace SH through this restriction. Floor heights and spatial volumes shift in action to the readily available lengths of timber, while the structure itself becomes a visible assembly of beams and braces with distinct geometries. Big diagonal members crossed spaces at unanticipated angles, presenting a sense of direction and compression that is connected to their initial form rather than imposed order.
Each connection required a particular response. Custom-made metal fittings were made using three-dimensional measurements, enabling irregular pieces to meet with accuracy. On site, final adjustments were made by hand to accommodate warping and subtle deviations. This process leaves traces in the completed space, where alignment is precise in function yet retains the character of the material’s previous life.
1-1 Architects combines a work environment and residence within a dense low rise neighborhood opening the ground level to the neighborhood The job also reacts to an altering metropolitan context. The surrounding location once supported small companies that combined shopfronts or workshops with housing above. Much of these have actually given that closed, leaving ground floorings inactive while upper levels remain lived in. This shift has actually modified the street, replacing active edges with shuttered exteriors.
Home & Office SH addresses this condition by reevaluating how work and home satisfy the street. Instead of separating functions vertically or positioning them in discrete zones, the structure disperses them throughout levels in a manner that allows numerous points of contact with the neighborhood. The ground floor stays visible and engaged, with interior activity clear from outdoors, particularly in the evening when the structure is brightened from within.
the team reuses years of stocked wood from the customer’s storage facilities for the main structure interior as a constant field of work and living Inside, the difference in between workplace and house is intentionally blurred. Offices, storage, and domestic areas are arranged around a main volume where structure and flow overlap. Desks are built into thick timber slabs, racks sit within the framing, and stairs pass through beams that function as spatial markers.
Light gets in through tall openings that extend throughout numerous levels, drawing attention to the depth of the section. The diagonal members interrupt views while also framing them, developing moving relationships in between floorings. Movement through the building is specified by these encounters, with each action revealing how the structure supports both profession and passage.
irregular beams and braces define the building type through their initial measurements custom-made metal fittings connect each special timber aspect with exact coordination