Projeler/Projects: Kagoşima/Kagoshima
ARAY ARCHITECTURE TASARIMI BİNADA YÖREYE ÖZGÜ VOLKANİK
KÜL VE ÇİMENTO BİRLEŞİMİ İLE OLUŞTURULAN SHIRASU BLOKLARI
KULLANILMIŞ.
SHIRASU BLOCKS, PRODUCED BY COMBINING THE REGIONAL
VOLCANIC ASH AND CEMENT ARE USED IN THE BUILDING
DESIGNED BY ARAY ARCHITECTURE.
Shirasu Evi, Asei Suzuki tarafından 2009’da kurulan
Aray Mimarlık’ın tamamlanan ilk ev projesi. Suzuki
kendi mimarlık firmasını kurmadan önce Tokyo
merkezli Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP şirketinin tasarım
direktörü olarak cam-tuğla bir cephe ardında
ağaçlıklı bir avlu ve sanat galerisini kapsayan ve
alan ve ışığı vurgulayan benzer bir ekolojik ev
projesinde çalışmış.
Kagoşima bölgesinde yer alan iki katlı Shirasu
Evi, altı kişilik bir aile için tasarlanmış. Müşteri
ısıtma ve soğutma için çevre dostu pasif doğal
sistemlerin kullanıldığı enerji verimli bir iç ortam
talebiyle gelince, çözüm volkanik Shirasu toprağı,
taş ve çimentodan oluşan tuğlaların üretiminde
70 NATURA • MART - NİSAN 2014 / MARCH - APRIL 2014
T
he efficient use of stone in construction requires a combination of
technical and scientific knowledge. Different types of stones exhibit
a range of reactions over time that affects the durability of the stone
blocks and building units and hence the building. To understand
the complex interactions that stone in construction has with it’s near
environment (the building) and the macro environment (the local climate and
atmospheric conditions) it is necessary to understand the physical properties
of the stone used in each project such as its density/hardness, thermal transfer
and moisture convection properties. These characteristics, once understood,
are able to drive the design process to create architecture that respects the
conditions of building and opens up the potential for advanced architecture.
Aray Architecture of Japan has pursued this line of thought in their design for
a house in Japan’s southernmost island Kagoshima. The geography here is
an area of seismic and volcanic activity typical throughout Japan. As a result
of this volcanic action over the millennia, the geology of Kagoshima consists
of layers of volcanic soil and stone called Shirasu. This layer of stone and
sand became the inspiration and material basis for the architecture strategy
used by Aray for the Shirasu House project completed in 2013. Specifically
architect Asei Suzuki of Aray Architecture formulated a way to locally produce
bricks for the walls of the house that were made by combining volcanic
ash soil and gemstone rocks with cement. These bricks became the primary
design feature of the house visible on both the inner and outer layers of its
double wall construction. These rectangular bricks used in horizontal bands
across the surfaces of the building provide the house with its aesthetic
impact while generating crucial ecologic performance.