Niimori Jamison . photos: © Yosuke Ohtake
Iga was once known as an historical town, but has come to resemble an industrial area with huge factories on the south side of the Meihan expressway, which bisects the city. Continue reading Niimori Jamison
Niimori Jamison . photos: © Kenta Hasegawa
A pre-war map showed the Matsubara village to have been quite densely populated, with more than 80 houses, surrounded by fields. Since then, a high-growth period, the development of large-scale roads in the suburbs and poor access to railway stations has meant that automobiles are the main means of transport for residents
In spite of this, most live in traditional wooden houses largely unchanged since the end of the war, these rarely having room for onsite parking. As a result, many locals park their cars in shared private parking garages. Continue reading Niimori Jamison
NIIMORI JAMISON | Architects . photos: ©️ Yosuke Ohtake
This project is the administration building for a small construction firm fromTottori, a nearby small city. In the midst of the recent pandemic, the firm opted to relocate their office to a nearby rural area. The new location is abundant in flora and fauna, with small scale agricultural buildings and a vista dominated by the nearby extinct volcano Mt Daisen. The firm hoped that this setting would provide an escape from the dreariness of city lockdown for themselves and their team. Continue reading Niimori Jamison
NIIMORI JAMISON ARCHITECTS . photos: © Kiyoshi Takahata
Due to an extremely tight budget, the project was procured in a somewhat unconventional manner, namely that it was built from completely salvaged building materials, painstaking researched and sourced. The project was largely designed in response to the availability of these found, low-cost, and surplus building materials. The architect Yudai Niimori worked closely with the project builder (and collegial contractors around Osaka) to source waste and off-cut material from various construction sites. Often, this salvaged material was repurposed for the requirements of House / Lab. Continue reading NIIMORI JAMISON
