Chino-- Nagano prefecture
Basic design by TERUNOBU FUJIMORI
Sowing will be like this.
Execution design by NOBUMICHI OOSHIMA
It's not too big when peeled.
Look ! the color.
It looks like tropical tree.
It's very useful for Chinese medicine.
KIHADA--  Chinese cork tree
It's sawed to boards and a TAIKO pillar.
Chocolate House by Fujimori Terunobu
"APT ON THE HILL"will be build here.
Let's call to the sprits of earth altogether for greeting .
 
I fell it reached.
The pillar will stand above this hole.
Pillar of KIHADA tree
So heavy!
Carpenter will finish it smoothly .
But,we will leave the touch of the blade.
It seems  better to be moved inward a little.
This is the defined center of foot of the pillar.
And put the upper center, considering  how to joint the beam.
If I move the upper center 0.5inch inward ,the top of the pillar swings a lot.
Don't mind.The pillar will cut around here.
And it'll not connected with ceiling.
The curve expand out.
Another beam comes in here.
What is this wood called KIHADA?
I don't know.
Extraordinarily heavy.
I sow this wood first time.
Burning wooden surface  of American pine tree.
Twelve cantilevers and boards  of wall will support overhang part of the building.
Mr.Fujimori instructed me  the lowest of  the   roof should be shorter than average person.
And he did not give me a definite number of height.
The proportions around the pillar looks so accurate because the roof starts from extremely lower level.
This wedge?
Same wood will be good.
Which way should it go in?
From this side definitely.
Excessively strong pillar,now consequencely,
It's totally different from HINOKI,from coniferous tree.
It works nicely.
Congratulations.
Now the building gat a spirit.
TOTAN;  sheet of iron plated with zinc.
Execution designer changed a detail plan of eaves.
Certainly it's more smart around in a continuos line of U shape.
Indeed,but  no  one can aware but the specialy conscious.
NO, no one dose.
 
As outer wall ,structural plywoods  of 28mm thick are attached over making structure solid.
No dropping down,at all.
Keeping the structure  5mm higher,then I attached boards all over the building to make it solid
Taking off the prop no drop is observed.
It's OK, I'm happy.
Structural plywood ,moisture permeable waterproof  sheet,
and insulation ,Styloform 30mm thick.
At last they will be covered with zinc sheets of  428mm square.
Construction will be done by students of FUJIMORI class at Kougakuion University.
Mr.Ooshima supervise them.
The first zinc sheet on south western corner.
Oh,I make a mistake.
Could we cut it now?
Will you try this?
Sorry mistake again,another sheet should be done first.
We should add one sheet above two sheets.
Like shaping a Pyramid.
OK, Let's do it over after making a STUPID SCALE.
That'll help a lot.
It's so nice ,convenient and will enhance the construction.
This piese of wood might do it better.
Please consider us amateur but do something.
I know we are doing a outrageous business.
You are following the peaks of vertical line, aren't you?
Yes we are.
Not following the diagonal line.
I've made a device to enhance the job.
Taking advantage of this conner to put the scale  right and auotmatically on the Zinc sheet.
Thinking and working on the actual site.
But usually when you accustom to the construction, it's also the time of termination.
And new construction demands new thoughts and techniques.
Our ancestral constructors would have carried on like this as well.
It's very hard to put the peak of sheet on the mark and to arrange diagonal  to go straight at the same time.
Just keep the vertical line and height, don't care about diagonal line.
If you insist on the diagonal, it will go wrong totally.
It dosen't matter the gap between diagonal lines of a few millimeters in detail.
It is always expanding and shrinking by heat, you see.
It looks to drop excessively, don't you see?
But if the peak is on the mark correctly, it is O.K.
Let's fold and arrange the edge later.
It looks nice the beams changing direction。
To go further in contrast with horizontal lines in front.
This wood dose't resist the blade.
Really.
It looks hard though.
Coverage to protect burnt beam not to be stained by plaster.
Usually taping will run on border.
Harder plastic sheet and push pins are employed not to take off the burnt surface of beams.
Good morning.
Mesh stuck underneath to prevent crack.
