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Kiyoaki Takeda

Tsuruoka House . tokyo

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Kiyoaki Takeda Architects . photos: © kkpo . + archdaily

Ingrained Artefacts Growth – Now, a balance between organisms and artefacts is at the crossover point. I encountered an article published in a scientific journal titled “Global human-made mass exceeds all living biomass” (Nature: published online 9th December 2020). According to the article, human-made artefacts referred to as anthropogenic mass has begun to surpass all global living biomass. Furthermore, it is reported that the dominant cause of this trend is construction materials. This condition implies it has reached a limit to keep generating the “architecture solely for humans” produced so far. In this context, what would be the role of architecture, a humans dwelling? Continue reading Kiyoaki Takeda

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House with five retaining walls . Tokyo

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Kiyoaki Takeda Architects . photos: © Masaki Hamada

Any house is built on the earth. However, there is hardly any living space where you can feel connections with the earth. Naturally, there is a significant resolution conflict between the “uniformity” of architecture as an artefact and the “complexity” of the earth as nature. The conflict has been forcibly unified by levelling or landfill, transforming the “earth” to the “land.” This transformation allows the architectural design to have freedom. From doubting above common practice, I wondered it may be possible to find clues that release modern architecture from its uniformity.
If architecture or space could be designed along with incompatibility, variety, and complex resolution of the earth that cannot be reproduced artificially by human beings, we may be able to offer curiosity and creative life. Continue reading Kiyoaki Takeda

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House with 6 annexes . Nagano

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KIYOAKI TAKEDA ARCHITECTS . photos: Masaki Hamada (kkpo)

The site is located in a town surrounded by rich nature in Nagano, Japan. It is a project to renovate a historic residence for an elderly couple.

Large enclosure of existing building was decomposed and each part has been scattered to form an “assemblage” of small buildings. The “assemblage” delivers crossings between inside and outside, offering a new daily routine connected with surrounded “wild” nature. Continue reading Kiyoaki Takeda