This design office is located along a river in Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture. The building was constructed using the "kan-ken" method, in which through-holes are penetrated between columns and the joints are fixed by wedges. The building is supported by two-directional Rahmen with two central columns placed at a pitch of 2,400 mm in the center of the beam direction and restrained by through-beams and foot braces, creating an open space without bearing walls on the south side of the building.

Japan | Kagawa

Shinkenchiku November 2017 issue 178P