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Hatsuo Morimoto Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Lap and Wrap House in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
The international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Hatsuo Morimoto for architecture, building and structure design
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for Lap and Wrap House by Hatsuo Morimoto, designed for moKA architectural design office. The recognition forms part of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Lap and Wrap House
Lap and Wrap is a single-story house built on a sloping urban site. The retaining wall and the building foundation are combined into one structure, so a larger part of the land is returned to the courtyard. The foundation is slanted rather than vertical, which gives the concrete a clear expression. The outer wall overlaps like a stratum and wraps around the house in a continuous band. No windows face the road. On the garden side, many windows and wide eaves form an intermediate area that joins inside and outside.
About Hatsuo Morimoto
I am a Japanese residential architect. The house should act as a device that connects to the city, not a box for storing people in the city. We believe that design that connects people and things can bring the city to life without the power of large capital. My clients are also interested in the value that the home becomes a shared asset of the city. My nomination is to edit the city, how to design the outside as well as the inside of the house.
Award Record
This recognition makes Hatsuo Morimoto a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2020 - 2021 to 2023 - 2024 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://designers.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/153842
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/153842
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!153842
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/285623
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://onl.la/ZpBa4bs
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Lap and Wrap House
- Function
- House
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Royal Blue, Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray, Cornflower Blue and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- moKA architectural design office
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Hatsuo Morimoto
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #153842
Credits
- Image Credits
- [#1:photographer Nobuki Taoka,Facade,2022] [#2:photographer Nobuki Taoka,Entrance,2022] [#3:photographer Nobuki Taoka,Courtyard,2022] [#4:photographer Nobuki Taoka,Dining kitchen,2022] [#5:photographer Nobuki Taoka,Sanitary,2022]
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- In this plan, the retaining wall and the building foundation are rationally combined, and the surplus part is returned to the courtyard as much as possible. The foundation is not vertical but slanted to give it a shape and give it an expression. The outer wall overlaps like a stack and continuously wraps around in a belt shape. There are no windows on the outside, but on the garden side, many windows and eaves create an intermediate area, creating a space that integrates the inside and outside.
- Inspiration
- With an emphasis on privacy, the building was arranged in a U-shape along the road so that it could not be seen from the road. In contrast to the gradual decline of the road, the specific gravity of the building is pushed up, and the outer wall unfolds in a belt-like shape, creating a horizontally elongated design. Contrary to the simple and powerful appearance, the living space that opens inside is completed on the first floor and integrated with the garden.
- Research
- If the terrain is uneven, it can be built on a safe slope if there is enough space, but in urban areas, it is often built horizontally as wide as possible by installing a vertical retaining wall for civil engineering. In this project, the building was arranged rationally by using both the retaining wall and the foundation on the site with a difference in height. Then, the one-story space is reduced to a continuous courtyard, and is close to the client's life.
- Challenge
- Due to the undulating terrain of the project site, it belongs to a residential land development regulation area, and a cross-sectional earth retention plan was essential. The building was rationally designed by combining a retaining wall that holds back the soil cross-sectionally and also as a foundation. Since the vertical retaining wall is civil engineering, I would like to claim that it was designed architecturally by taking a downward taper angle and giving expression to the concrete.
- Realization and Technology
- The outer wall material, which overlaps and wraps like a stratum, is made from recycled paper pulp and coffee grounds generated by Starbucks. The space that opens inside is completed on one floor, and the floor and beams under the eaves are continuously applied to connect with the garden, and the glass sunroom can be fully opened. You can feel each other's presence wherever you are, inside or outside. A living space that is not visible from the road provides comfort and privacy to the family.
- Operation and Interaction
- The planned site is an irregular site with a building coverage ratio of 50percent or less, and by arranging the buildings along the road without waste, the excess of half or more is returned to the courtyard. At the same time, the intersecting road facing the building has a height difference, and the performance of this building was demonstrated by combining the structural consideration of arranging the building along the road and the aesthetic façade design because it is connected to the road.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project started in Nagoya in October 2018, started construction in October 2021, and was completed in September 2022.
- Specifications
- Site area 401m2, floor area138m2, 1 stories, reinforced concrete and wood construction
- Keywords
- Architecture, House, Woodesn, Courtyard, Single story house, Japanese
