Forests of Grid Residential building

Forests of Grid Residential building
by Yoshitaka Uchino

• Awarded April 15, 2017
• CLIENT: YDS Architects
• 4.919

Yoshitaka Uchino designs spaces where people feel natures such as light, wind, and rain. Inspired by architectures in the world,he intends to design spaces of plaza with nature.’These spaces invoke activities of residents.’,he said. To bring an order into the daily life, he insertes uniform grids with squared columns and beams. He intends to connect the apartment with the city nearby Cloudy walls fold housing units made of uniform grids. This is an attempt to expand living spaces softly connects to the city by creating public spaces like forests which are open to the city.