Optical Glass House Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
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The Optical Glass House in Hiroshima, Japan, takes its name from its unique translucent façade designed by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Co. Ltd.
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1/10 Nakamura NAP Optical Glass House Hiroshima. The high rises of downtown Hiroshima conceal an unexpected architectural gem that offers an oasis of calm amidst the big city bustle.
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Description by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP. This house is sited among tall buildings in downtown Hiroshima, overlooking a street with many passing cars and trams. To obtain privacy and tranquility in these surroundings, we placed a garden and optical glass façade on the street side of the house. The garden is visible from all rooms, and the serene.
Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP // Hiroshima, Japan. Yellowtrace
Architecture studio Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has designed the "Optical Glass House" in Hiroshima, Japan, that aims to acoustically protect residents from the main road outside, whilst.
Hiroshima's Optical Glass House constructed using 6,000 glass bricks
Optical Glass Façade A façade of some 6,000 pure-glass blocks (50mm x 235mm x 50mm) was employed. The pure-glass blocks, with their large mass-per-unit area, effectively shut out sound and.
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Optical Glass Façade A façade of some 6,000 pure-glass blocks (50mm x 235mm x 50mm) was employed. photograph by © Koji Fuji / Nacasa & Partners Inc The pure-glass blocks, with their large mass-per-unit area, effectively shut out sound and enable the creation of an open, clearly articulated garden that admits the city scenery.
Optical Glass House Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
244㎡ Total floor area 385㎡ Building site Hiroshima Structure design Yasushi Moribe Contractor Imai Corporation Textile coordinate Yoko Ando Team Atsushi Ikawa [former staff] ar+d Awards for Emerging Architecture, First prize This house is sited among tall buildings in downtown Hiroshima, overlooking a street with many passing cars and trams.
hiroshi nakamura & NAP optical glass house
Optical Glass House Photos by Nacasa & Partners Inc. Nacasa & Partners Inc. Add to collection This house is sited among tall buildings in downtown Hiroshima, overlooking a street with many passing cars and trams. To obtain privacy and tranquility in these surroundings, we placed a garden and optical glass façade on the street side of the house.
hiroshi nakamura & NAP optical glass house
A lone elegant structure sited between tall monolithic buildings, The Optical Glass House allows for space within the otherwise intimate city of Hiroshima. A project undertaken by Hiroshi Nakamura and his studio NAP, the Optical Glass House reinvents the way we look at modern urbane living and the usage of space. "Although located downtown in a city, the house enables residents to enjoy the.
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Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP, Hiroshima, Japan. The 13-ton facade made up of 6,000 glass blocks, each measuring 50mm x 235mm x 50mm. With their large mass-per-unit area, the crystalline glass blocks effectively shut out the urban noise and create a sparkling backdrop for the garden with modulated city views.
Optical Glass House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Co. / The Superslice
The Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura and NAP was built to provide a peaceful place to live within a busy city, while maintaining a visual connection to its environment. The architect's solution was to build a massive wall of glass bricks, each one crafted to spec and installed in this large crystalline fascia.
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A tree-filled courtyard is glimpsed through the shimmering glass-brick facade of this house in Hiroshima, designed by Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura Opt.
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Optical Glass House, designed by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP , is sited among tall buildings in downtown Hiroshima, overlooking a street with many passing cars and trams, a quite unique situation for designing a private residence.
Optical Glass House design by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Optical Glasshouse. The biggest problem Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP faced while designing, was the location of the building. Located just alongside a busy road buzzing with traffic, the house we expect is to be noisy and prone to dust. Instead, we see a calm open living room with a garden extending to the first floor. This has been achieved by.
Optical Glass House in Hiroshima, Japan by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Sohomod Blog
It is the "Optical glass house" designed by the japanese studio hiroshi nakamura & NAP. The lot in which the house was built is located near a very busy road in the city of Hiroshima. The architect's aim was therefore to create an oasis of peace by acoustically and visually "protecting" the house from the chaos of the city.
Hiroshima's Optical Glass House constructed using 6,000 glass bricks
the transparent wall was not an easy task, however, as 6,000 glass masonry units at 50 mm wide do not provide the necessary structure to stand on their own. seventy-five threaded metal dowels.
