Yashima Mountaintop Park
Architect: SUO, Style-A
Location: Takamatsu, Japan
Type: Cultural
Year: 2022
Photographs: SUO
The following description is courtesy of the architects. Yashima Mountaintop Park project is located on the mountain called Yashima which is a national landmark and a natural treasure in the Setonaikai National Park. This project was initiated to revitalize the entire mountain top area and this mountain top park is designed to actualize and maximize its potential.
There used to be many buildings for sightseers, but many buildings had been demolished as they fell
into disrepair as less sightseers came. Because of the strict regulations in this national preserved area
it’s not allowed to make new buildings easily without going through a difficult permit process. So the
area is in the process of returning to nature.
In such an area, we planed this long building as a part of the park following the shapes and various
levels of the site so that it flows in and out of the many different spaces that the site has in order to
actualize its potential. As such, the three-dimensional path building touches the ground then jumps
up according to the character of the space and its function. There will be seven small open spaces on
the ground determining the shape of the building to make one big park. People don’t enter a building
but a large open space walking through under the elevated part of the building. As people walk
around in the building, people will experience places like the viewing point, floating cafe in the trees,
event space and exhibition spaces.
In this project, we designed this building as a part of the terrain to be a forward looking architecture
that can naturally be part of its environment. We hope that we have found the beauty in the
continuity of the architecture and the environment.
Project Details
- Project: Yashima Mountaintop Park
- Project by: SUO + Style-A
- Principal Architect: Takashi Suo (SUO)
- Design Team: Takuya Sone (SUO), Yoji Komai (Style-A)
- Structural Engineer: Mutsuro Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Hiraiwa*, Nobuyuki Takimoto (SSC) *former staff
- Electrical & Mechanical Engineer: P.T. Morimura & Associates
- Lighting Design: Shozo Toyohisa (KILT PLAN) *Panorama exhibition room
- Furniture Design: Takashi Suo (SUO)
- Quantity Surveyor: Futaba Quantity Surveyors
- Construction: Taniguchi + Yabuuchi JV
- Adviser of Construction: Ikumi Toyota (ARTISAN)
- Client: Takamatsu City
- Site Area: 3,416.62 sqm
- Built Area: 1,178.58 sqm
- Design Phase: Apr.2016 – Dec.2019
- Construction Phase: Mar.2020 – Jul.2022
- Photos: © SUO
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