The project was named under one roof in reference to a japanese saying that regards many different peoples collaborating.
Under one roof kengo kuma.
Photograph by michel denance.
For the structure and the exterior we used timbers that are commonly found in switzerland in order to create space with local warmth.
There is a japanese saying living under one roof which means various and different individuals get together and team up and artlab is exactly the architectural translation of this expression.
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Kengo kuma established kengo kuma associates in 1990 and went on to become professor at the graduate school of architecture university of tokyo in 2009.
A public private partnership brings science and art together under one roof the japanese architectural firm kengo kuma associates together with holzer kobler architekturen from zurich won the architectural design competition launched in 2012 to develop cosandey square at epfl.
Back in 2012 kengo kuma and associates together with holzer kobler architekturen won the architectural design competition to develop cosandey squareat the ecole polytechnique federale de lausanne.
Kengo kumahas completed a new campus building for epfl in lausanne switzerland titled under one roof the name addresses the vast pitched roof that stretches 235 meters to provide an oversized.
This incredible building bloomed out of an international competition held in 2012 that called for three pavilions which would independently host the school s arts and science pavilion technology and information gallery and montreux jazz café.
There is a japanese saying living under one roof which means various and different individuals get together and team up and artlab is exactly the architectural translation of this expression.
Under one roof project was designed by kengo kuma and associates which includes three programs are tucked under a grand pitched roof kengo kuma porch roof shed roof montreux jazz steel roofing roofing shingles tin roofing roofing felt pergola plans.
He is the author of several books including anti object and kyokai.
Kengo kuma s under one roof is a daring and sculptural composition that lies at the heart of a new campus for the swiss federal institute of technology in lausanne switzerland.