Geosong Residential Building by Moriyuki Ochiai Architects

Geosong Residential Building by Moriyuki Ochiai Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Competition Category.

IronArchitecture· 2022

Geosong Residential Building

by Moriyuki Ochiai Architects

Client: Moriyuki Ochiai Architects

A' Design Award Winner in Architecture Category

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The Design

About Geosong Residential Building

They performed the design for a residential building located in a hilly area. Thus, they set out to integrate into their design the structure of the earth while echoing the natural forces shaping the hills, strata-soil, and spring water found therein. Resonating with the landscape of rolling hills, this residential building channels and gives form to the natural energy embedded in the multiple layers of intertwined strata and springs surrounding it.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

Geosong Residential Building is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Geosong Residential Building is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Geosong Residential Building is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: CoolSymmetry: VerticalBackground: Top and Bottom

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The exterior of the building is layered in a gradation of blue and green colored strata and faults extending skyward, inspired by the colors of the the surrounding clear blue skies over the hilltops, and those of the neighboring park, which shines in the brilliant sunlight with deep and rich greenery.

Like the pattern of a geological formation showing constantly changing expressions, the facade changes its expression in a variety of ways depending on the position and incidence of the viewer's gaze, inviting the viewer to experience the richness of nature's power, and rhythmically bringing out the elements of the surrounding landscape into a single flow.

Illuminated polygonal recesses dot the entirety of the ceiling and walls of the entrance hall, thus revealing natural motifs representing small hills, sections of sloping strata, and the freshness of spring water.

Each body of light has a rough texture reminiscent of the uplifting power of the earth. Waves of shiny metal sheets (made of aluminum, an eco-friendly material) are placed inside to evoke the flowing water of a spring. The resulting shadows and changing patterns fill up the whole space with the lively power and sparkle of nature.

Moreover, the juxtaposition of the recesses in the ceiling and walls, the waves of metal and the glossy surfaces create in turn dynamic or subtle changes depending on the angle and position of one's line of sight. This visual tapestry reveals a space in which the diverse textures and rhythms of these expressions can be felt in abundance.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site area: 990.09m², Building area: 585.60m², Total floor area: 2361.50m²
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Production Technology: Please refer to project description.
Design Challenge: Resonating with the landscape of rolling hills and the origins of their formation, this residential building channels and gives form to the natural energy embedded in the multiple layers of intertwined strata and springs surrounding it.
Research: Please refer to inspiration and description.
Inspiration: -Colorful Strata and the Sparkle of Spring Water-
We performed the design for a residential building located in a hilly area.

Surrounded by rolling hills covered in lush green trees, the building site is set in a large hilly area where cross sections of the exposed stratum can be seen and a park with a fountain filled with spring water can be found.

Thus, we set out to integrate into our design the structure of the earth while echoing the natural forces shaping the rising hills, strata/soil, and spring water found therein.
Project Duration: located in Kanagawa , Japan
Operation Flow: Please refer to inspiration
Patents: Moriyuki Ochiai Architects
Team Members: Design: Moriyuki Ochiai Architects (Moriyuki Ochiai, Jun Ueda, Amit Arunabh),Shinnihon Corporation,__Developer: Shinnihon Corporation(Hiroshi Nagao, Hiroshi Shiobe, Yuuki Shiratori, Masatoshi Higashiya, Naoki Miyanaga, others),__Constructor: Shinnihon Corporation,__Special paint: Osamu Yamaguchi,__Lighting: Kayo Yokoyama(Koizumi Lighting)
Image Credits: photo:fumio araki