DESIGNWORKS Vol.17

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南側斜面に跳ね出した三面開放のダイニング04南側に跳ね出した食堂05違い棚・着物生地などの伝統的意匠による寮室06緑に浮かぶ舞台A stage floating above the greenery北側の東山動植物園(都市緑地としては国内最大級)から南側の名古屋大学キャンパスの緑地へと続く「東山の森」の一部として、既存建物によって損なわれていた地形を修復し、この地域本来の自然、風景を甦らせた。これらを眺める舞台として施設を捉え、特にダイニング等の共用部は斜面に大きく跳ね出し、自然と一体となって交感できる緑地に浮かぶ開放的な舞台として、四季の移ろいを初めとする日本の自然に対する感性をわかりやすく留学生に伝える場とした。(町田 伊左雄)The site is part of the Higashiyama Forest that stretches from the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens — the largest urban green area in Japan, located on the north side of the building — to the green space of the Nagoya University campus on the south side. It restores the topography that had been adversely affected by existing buildings, bringing the inherent natural beauty and scenery of the region back to life. The designers saw this facility as a vantage point from which to view this beautiful expanse, and the dining room and other common areas in particular have been projected far out from the slope, creating an open stage that floats above the greenery and make the people inside feel that they are one with nature. In this way, the dormitory communicates the changing of the seasons and the Japanese sensitivity to nature to foreign students in an easy to understand manner. (Isao Machida)Works