日本建筑师akihisa hirata在东京otsuka区完成了一个多层建筑项目，该项目进一步印证了他密切依托自然灵感来设计建筑的理念。“树屋”这个多层项目尽管大部分以居住为主，但它同时也包含了底部几层商业出租空间。场地幽深且窄，建筑细长的形体通过一种有机的布局系统来产生一系列三维空间，并与周边环境协调相融。
在vincent hecht镜头下的“树屋”，由三个主要元素构成：形成含有巨大空间的层状盒子；盒子内部入口模糊内外关系的褶皱；以及在建筑周围形成立体花园的绿景植物。“带有功能的体量和空间的布置、开口，以及绿景融合在一起，将建筑缠绕成一个独立的有机整体”，设计团队这样解释道。
区分于简单地将楼板层层堆叠的普通建筑，该项目考虑环境背景因素，诸如所处的街道和其他外部空间。这就形成了建筑师称之为——一个“纠缠”的空间，这个“纠缠”的空间特点是其暧昧的室内外关系。“一棵树由不同部分构成，如树根、树干、树枝、叶子和花朵，但是这些部分不是完全独立的”，建筑师akihisa hirata说道。
“树干和叶子在外形上不同，但是在它们基本结构上却十分相似，它们的内部关系形成一种嵌套的或者层状的有机结构”，hirata继续解释道，“通过创造一种建筑学逻辑可能会创造出一种类似有机的层状式纠缠结构。这个项目力求发展一种新的建筑理念，通过创造一种复杂的生态系统试图与建筑所处的城市产生联系。” 在designboom上发现更多由akihisa hirata设计的项目。
japanese architect akihisa hirata has completed a multi-storey project in tokyo’s otsuka district, which expands upon his affinity with nature-inspired architecture. although it is primarily a residential building, ‘tree-ness house’ also contains spaces for commercial tenants at its lower levels. located on a deep but narrow site, the slender design employs an organic layering system to generate a series of three-dimensional spaces that relate to the building’s surroundings.
akihisa hirata’s scheme, photographed here by vincent hecht, consists of three primary elements: boxes, which form a layered volume that includes numerous voids; pleats, the openings in the boxes that create an ambiguous relationship between inside and out; and plants, the greenery that establishes three-dimensional gardens around the structure’s perimeter._ ‘the arrangement of functional volumes and voids, openings, and greenery integrates and entangles the building into a single organic whole,’_ says the design team.
in contrast to typical buildings that simply stack floors one on top of the other, the design considers contextual elements, such as the street and other exterior spaces. this creates what the architect calls a ‘tangled’ space that is characterized by ambiguous indoor-outdoor relationships. _‘a tree consists of different parts such as roots, a trunk, branches, leaves and flowers, but these parts are not totally independent,’_ explains akihisa hirata.
_‘the trunk and leaves differ in appearance, but are very similar in their basic structure — their inter-relationship creates a kind of nested or layered organic structure,’_ hirata continues._ ‘it is possible to create an architectural logic that creates a similar organically layered and ‘tangled’ structure. the design seeks to develop this new architectural principle, with the intention of creating a complex ecosystem connected to the city.’_ see other projects by akihisa hirata on designboom here.
