Private residence & dental clinic: PLASTIC MOON
04/06/2013.
By N Maeda Atelier. [Setagaya, Tokyo] Japan
metalocus, JUAN SOLERA
metalocus, JUAN SOLERA
Memory of project
For this project a moulding form coins the shape of space. According to this positive form, every space in the building alongside with its scenery is being created as the negative counterpart to it.
Moulding forms are usually being filled with liquid metal in order to shape a certain kind of part or product. In order to shape the spaces of the three floors of Plastic Moon, four casting moulds were used. Additionally the "height difference of the mould" adds up to 1.2 meters and in some places even breaks open for void-like atria to flood and furthermore connect the rooms with light.
Which practically means, that the casting moulds, in the picture below were translated into the architectural shape while undergoing minor changes during this translation process.
Finally the four molds are vertically stacked on top of each other. Thus, "liquid" living space for the human being emerges out of the proportions in between the "solid" mutual molds. And this characteristic seals the difference in the quality of the special spaces in Plastic Moon. This difference in quality can be felt emotionally deep throughout the building, no matter in which part of the houses' liquid you might be standing, floating or sitting.
Text.- Norisada Maeda.
CREDITS.-
Architect.- Norisada Maeda.
Area.- Site area:171.91 m². Total floor area: 206.59 m²
Structural system.- Steel Structure 3F.
Date.- End of construction: September 2009.
Location.- Setagaya, Tokyo. Japan.
Norisada Maeda was born in Tokyo in 1960. He graduated in Architecture in Kyoto University in 1985, and started working at Taisei Corporation for the next five years, mainly in big projects and skyscrapers. Atelier Norisada Maeda Architects & Associates was founded in 1990, where he has developed his main projects on private residences, condominiums, office buildings and shop designs. Maeda is also a visiting Professor in different universities such as Nihon University, Hosei University, Tokyo University of Science, Kokushikan University and Kyoto Seika University.