Même
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Project Location
Taiki, Japan
Year of Completion
2011
Building Type
Residential
Building Massing
Low Rise
Architect Location
2-24-8 Minami Aoyama Minato-ku , Tokyo 107-0062
Climate
Cool summer humid continental climate (Dfb)
Application
Exterior, interior
Material and its Properties
Plastic material for cold climate and dynamic insulation system. Membrane material of polyester fluorocarbon coating, removable glass-fiber-cloth membrane, polyester insulator recycled from PET bottles. A membrane with polyester fluorocarbon coating wrapped the exterior of the building and a removable membrane for the inside. Between the two layers of the membrane is polyester insulator recycles from plastic bottles. This translucent system provides panoramic daylight and dynamic thermal quality which created by convecting the air between the two membrane layers.
Architect Website
http://kkaa.co.jp/
Other Sources
https://www.archdaily.com/322830/meme-experimental-house-kengo-kuma-associates
https://www.archdaily.com/322830/meme-experimental-house-kengo-kuma-associates/50ffec62b3fc4b78a5000069-meme-experimental-house-kengo-kuma-associates-photo
https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/50ff/ec79/b3fc/4b78/a500/0074/slideshow/_MG_0399.jpg?1413938652
https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/50ff/ec69/b3fc/4b78/a500/006e/slideshow/_MG_0050.jpg?1413938644
https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/memu-meadows-meme-prototype-kengo-kuma
Environmental Response
Recycled materials
Recommended Citation
KUMA, KENGO, "Même" (2011). Building Case Studies. 473.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/473
Owner
LXIL JS Foundation