CURTAIN WALL HOUSETokyo, Japan1995By Shigeru Ban ArchitectsThe client of this house has long enjoyed
CURTAIN WALL HOUSE
Tokyo, Japan
1995
By Shigeru Ban Architects
The client of this house has long enjoyed an open and free “downtown-culture” lifestyle in this formerly Japanese-style house. The house is intended to be opened up as much as possible to the exterior so that the owner can maintain this kind of attitude in contemporary life with the use of contemporary materials. Wide deck spaces are attached on the east and south sides of the second-floor living room and tent-like curtains are hung on the outer facade spanning between the second and third floors. Interior conditions such as view, light, and wind are controlled by opening and closing this Japanese style “curtain wall”. In winter, the external glazed doors and the curtains can be completely closed for insulating effect. This thin membrane takes the place of shoji screens, fusuma doors, shutters, and sudare screens in the traditional Japanese house.
Shigeru Ban Architects
Photos via: Architonic
Curtain Wall House, Shigeru Ban, 1995. On windy winter day. (image 6, 7 y 8)
This is my wooden interpretation of the Curtain wall house, as part as the video “My first Pritzker” with all the winners of this prize that is considered the Nobel Prize of Architecture.
