"Miscellaneous Woods" on a trail

The site is a real estate reception center. The name of the project is based on the exterior of the building, which is called “Miscellaneous Woods on the trail”. Drawing on the spirit of renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, the architect mixed the aesthetics of nature and purity, with a dialogue of light and shadow to articulate a new vision of Japanese style and Eastern Zen.

Through the case study, the project can be summarized into five cores: "natural materials", "weakening", "superposition", "gap" and "softness". The designer changed the position of the main entrance in the long box-like structure so that the first impression is changed from a narrow side to a wide side. The natural cypress is the highlight, and the simulation of the tree branch structure is staggered but full of aesthetic tension. In the meantime, the roof is disassembled to shape a space transition, allowing the large volume to have more varied layers of change. As daylight falls, the shadows of the trees intertwine, and the overlapping of light and shadow is a perfect gesture in nature. The project creates a spatial state that is composed of units, with feelings of solidity and void, layering, permeability, and blurred boundaries, which is also known as the "Miscellaneous Woods" on the entry path.