Minami Yamashiro School
Kyoto, Japan · 2003
Photo · Photo by Katsuhisa Kida
A precedent for integrating a large-scale, modular educational facility into a steep hillside using a rhythmic saw-tooth roofline and vibrant, color-blocked facade panels.
- What we like about this project
- The use of primary colors (blue, yellow, pink) on the end walls, contrasting with the industrial steel framework.
Materials
- steel
- glass
- concrete
- corrugated-metal
- colored-panels
Visual identifiers
- saw-tooth-roof
- hillside-architecture
- colored-facade-panels
- industrial-aesthetic
- linear-bays
Style tags
- high-tech
- structural-expressionism
- modular
Visual tags
- educational
- high-tech-architecture
- modular-construction
- stepped-volume
- landscape-integration
- Geometry
- A series of repeating, linear, saw-tooth roof volumes stepped along a hillside ridge, creating a jagged, rhythmic silhouette against the sky.
- Facade system
- Glazed curtain wall bays interspersed with solid, brightly colored infill panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel portal frames with lightweight roof trusses supported by a concrete substructure.
- Spatial scale
- A sprawling, multi-bay educational complex of institutional scale, integrated into a rural landscape.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight casting sharp shadows under the roof overhangs, highlighting the structural framework.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, optimistic, and highly structured, contrasting industrial precision with organic forest surroundings.
- Environmental context
- Perched on a lush, forested hillside in Kyoto with mountains in the background and a winding access road below.
- Spatial experience
- The building sits elevated above a dense forest canopy, presenting a highly articulated, industrial-inspired profile that integrates with the natural topography.
- Composition rhythm
- A strong, repeating horizontal sequence of angled roof monitors and structural bays.
- Style reading
- High-Tech Architecture
- Program
- School / Educational Institution
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- steel, glass, concrete, corrugated-metal, colored-panels
- Visual identifiers
- saw-tooth-roof, hillside-architecture, colored-facade-panels, industrial-aesthetic, linear-bays
- Style tags
- high-tech, structural-expressionism, modular
- Visual tags
- educational, high-tech-architecture, modular-construction, stepped-volume, landscape-integration
- Geometry
- A series of repeating, linear, saw-tooth roof volumes stepped along a hillside ridge, creating a jagged, rhythmic silhouette against the sky.
- Facade system
- Glazed curtain wall bays interspersed with solid, brightly colored infill panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel portal frames with lightweight roof trusses supported by a concrete substructure.
- Spatial scale
- A sprawling, multi-bay educational complex of institutional scale, integrated into a rural landscape.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight casting sharp shadows under the roof overhangs, highlighting the structural framework.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, optimistic, and highly structured, contrasting industrial precision with organic forest surroundings.
- Environmental context
- Perched on a lush, forested hillside in Kyoto with mountains in the background and a winding access road below.
- Spatial experience
- The building sits elevated above a dense forest canopy, presenting a highly articulated, industrial-inspired profile that integrates with the natural topography.
- Composition rhythm
- A strong, repeating horizontal sequence of angled roof monitors and structural bays.
- Style reading
- High-Tech Architecture
- Program
- School / Educational Institution
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture