信州大学助教 佐倉弘祐先生の選評をご紹介させていただきます。
■ 選評......佐倉弘祐先生 (信州大学助教)
現地に赴き,まず目を惹くのが,卵を半分に割ったようなかわいいフォルムと水路に向けて鳥がくちばしを開いたような
開口部で構成さ れる外観である。一見奇抜に見えるが,景観法,既存樹木,敷地沿いを流れる水路を考慮しながら,熟考した末に必然的に導かれた形状だ と言う。軽井沢特有の設計要件を積極的にデザインへと昇華させてい る。
木造シェル構造に土壁を併用することで,線形の硬い印象が強い 木材に柔らかさを付加することに成功している。
また優れたスキルが 求められる施工に対して,「長野県には熟練した職人が多く,彼らが いなければ完成しなかった」
と職人への敬意も忘れない。土壁の一部 にあえて美しいキズリを残しているのが,その象徴だ。
内部空間は,水路方向を除くほぼすべてのアングルで木材と土壁が 共存しており,大自然に包まれているような安堵感を覚えた。
周囲の 樹木とともに,木材と土壁の経年変化も楽しめる別荘にうってつけの 作品である。
■Juror's comment......SAKURA Kousuke (Shinsyu University assintant professor)
On arrival, the first thing that strikes one is the outer appearance, a cute shape like an egg split in half with an aperture like a bird's bill open toward the water channel. At first sight it appears odd, but it was apparently a form that resulted necessarily from taking careful account of legislation on landscape protection, the existing trees, and the waterway flowing along the side of the site. The design conditions peculiar to Karuizawa are crystallized positively into this design. Combining the wooden shell structure with an earthen wall successfully softens the strong impression created by the hard linear form of the wood. For the execution demanding outstanding skill, the architect did not forget to pay respect, saying, “Nagano Prefecture enjoys having many highly skilled craftworkers, without whom the project could not have been completed”. It is symbolized by the elegant wooden laths deliberately left on part of the earthen wall. On the interior, apart from the side facing the water course, almost all perspectives present a combination of timber and earthen wall, giving the comforting feeling of being embraced by nature. This work is the ideal holiday retreat, in which one will be able to enjoy the changes not only in the surrounding trees, but also its timber and earthen walls, over the years.
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