Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Kengo Kuma suspends a cocoon-like timber dwelling for minimal site impact

Prolific Japanese architecture firm Kengo Kuma and Associates recently worked their magic in the tiny Swiss village of Montricher at the foot of the Jura Mountains. There, the architects have designed a contemporary family home that’s partly suspended from an existing concrete canopy and wrapped with timber inside and out. Created for the Jan Michalski Foundation, the cocoon-like dwelling—named Suspended Forest—is meant to further the organization’s mission of fostering literary creation...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/kengo-kuma-suspends-a-cocoon-like-timber-dwelling-for-minimal-site-impact
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