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りんご研究所 プロポーザル(次点)

Second Prize, Apple Research Institute, Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Center Competition

りんご研究所 プロポーザル(次点)

2024 / Category: office, public facility, competition

地方独立行政法人青森県産業技術センターりんご研究所の研究施設が老朽化に伴い新研究所を改築するにあたり設計者を選定するためのプロポーザル。

私たちは、りんご研究所が有すべき「専門性」「シンボル性」「地域性」を建築の様々な側面(意匠・構造・設備・維持管理など)で統合することを目指し、遠景の岩木山への眺望軸を配置計画のベースに据えながら、外壁や屋根にりんごの様々な様態を表現する建築構成とし、具象性と抽象性のバランスをたもちながら研究者、観光客に将来にわたって愛される建築の姿を提案した。

所在地:青森県黒石市
担当:雨宮知彦、岩﨑海
設計JV:松宮綾子、森山ちはる(サイドバイサイド一級建築士事務所)
構造設計:田尾玄秀(樅建築事務所)
設備設計:大瀧牧世(大瀧設備事務所)、辺見久活(TH Plan)
ランドスケープ:大野暁彦(エスエフジー・ランドスケープアーキテクツ)

Second Prize, Apple Research Institute, Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Center Competition

2024 / Category: office, public facility, competition

This was a design proposal to select an architect for the reconstruction of the new facility for the Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Research Center, Apple Research Institute (a local independent administrative agency), necessitated by the aging of its existing research facilities.

Aiming to integrate the "expertise," "symbolic nature," and "locality" required of the Apple Research Institute into various aspects of the architecture—including design, structure, systems, and maintenance—we based our layout plan on the vista axis toward the distant Mount Iwaki. The architectural composition expresses the various forms and characteristics of apples through its exterior walls and roof. Striking a balance between the concrete and the abstract, we proposed a design that will be cherished by both researchers and tourists for generations to come.

Project Credits
Location: Kuroishi City, Aomori Prefecture
Project Team: Tomohiko Amemiya, Kai Iwasaki
Design Joint Venture (JV): Ayako Matsumiya, Chiharu Moriyama (Side by Side)
Structural Design: Hirohide Tao (Momi Architectural Design Office)
MEP/Equipment Design: Masayo Otaki (Otaki Facility Design Office), Hisakatsu Henmi (TH Plan)
Landscape Design: Akihiko Ohno (SfG landscape architects)

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