forest of net by Tezuka Architects

A new pavilion for the Hakone Open-Air Museum, the 350m2 volume was created by piling up more than 500 timber logs.

Forest of Net, Hakone Open-Air Museum
Design Team: Tezuka Architects
Location: Ninotaira, Hakone-machi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
Status: Completed May 2009

While lagging a space for kids for many years, the Hakone Open-Air Museum's commissioned Tezuka Architects of building the Forest of Net is a much needed project. A space for kids, the structure is a feat of engineering that utilizes traditional interlocking architecture instead of metal parts.

Cutting-edge structural analysis has been employed to overcome the variability that characterizes timber. While employing traditional wood joints Tezuka Architects has searched for a futuristic form,which should result in a completely new type of architecture.

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Hakone Open-Air Museum, a colourful hand-knitted net of nylon rope was installed by sculptor Horiuti Noriko with collaboration of Takaharu Tezuka & Yui Tezuka of Tezuka Architects.





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