A Small Library and Storehouse for Architectural Models in the Forest

YokoTakaike + Katsunori Ono + Akari Sato / Yoko Takaike Architects

Outline: A library and a detached house adjacent to a villa on a wooded lot. It houses approximately 10,000 books owned by the owner, the designer's father, and the architect's own architectural models. It is made from an assemblage of various materials, including cedar bark stripped from the cedar trees on the property, soil, bamboo, dead stock provided by a building materials manufacturer, and scraps of wood.

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