HOTO FUDO Japan by Takeshi Hosaka Architects

Friday, March 19th 2010
HOTO FUDO Japan by Takeshi Hosaka Architects

This building seems to belong to such nature objects as mountains and clouds. It is made from soft geometry, which will not arise from the figures like quadrangles and circles. By continuously operating innumerable polygon mesh points, we have determined the shape that clears the conditions such as the consistency as shell construction and the undulations that ward off rainwater in spite of its free geometry. The RC shell with cubic surfaces creates...