TODO FIR OFFICE IN SHIMOKAWA

Outline
A research facility for medicinal plants in the Ichinohashi district of Shimokawa-cho, Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido. An initiative of Shimokawa-cho, Oji Holdings, and Team Timbalize. Todo-fir, a tree species representative of Hokkaido's forests, is used for all structural and base materials except for the foundation. The beams are made of lattices and wooden trusses assembled from lumber of the size of lumber used in residential buildings.
Location
  • Hokkaido
Journal
Shinkenchiku November 2015 issue
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