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Kei Kaihoh Architects . photos: © Soichiro Suizu

This is a wooden snow storage built in a small town called Yasuzuka in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture. The snow storage is a natural refrigerator that utilizes the cold heat of the snow, and this time, rice harvested in the neighborhood will be stored. In addition to the aging of farmers and the lack of successors, farmers in terraced rice paddues in mountainous areas generally have less productivity than farmers on the plain, and tend to have lower incomes. The client Joetsu City aim to improve this situation. Continue reading Kei Kaihoh

Kei Kaihoh Architects

It’s a small house where artists and their families live. The client, who is a sculptor, asked for a space that could be used as a children’s art class or gallery, in addition to the place where four family members live. The house of only 60 square meters with a frontage of 5m and a depth of 4m was divided into three floors: a storage room, a classroom, and a living room. Continue reading Kei Kaihoh