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Location: Memu Meadows, Taiki, Hokkaido, Japan
Address: 158-1 Memu, Taiki-cho, Hiro-gun, Hokkaido, Japan
Year: 2014
Architects: UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design + Kengo Kuma & Associates
Project Supervisor: Kengo Kuma & Associates/ Takumi Saikawa
Client: LIXIL JS Foundation
Contractor: Takahashi Construction Company
Structural Engineer: Masato Araya
Mechanical Engineers: Tomonari Yashiro Laboratory, University of Tokyo / Bumpei Magori and Yu Morishita
Size: 919 square feet; 33 feet tall
AE Interests: Glulam Timber Frame, Locally Sourced Larch Wood, Composite Timber Columns, Steel Plate Connections, Seismic Cross-Bracing, Passive Ventilation, Translucent Polycarbonate Envelope, Natural Daylighting, Rainwater and Snowmelt Collection, Climate-Responsive Architecture, Sustainable Community Design.
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