COMICO ART HOUSE YUFUIN | Kengo Kuma and Associates

COMICO Art House is a company-owned resort and recreational facility developed for their employees. It is built next to the COMICO Museum, which we divided into three buildings because we aimed to form a small village along the river. There is no clear boundary between the museum and the rest house, as we wanted to create a loose cluster by integrating the private and public zones between art and nature. Special attention was paid to the layout of the buildings and distances in order to secure the best view of Mount Yufu from each garden or open-air bath. Thus the roofing too emphasizes these views with thin diagonally arranged steel plates (like a flight of wild geese) toward the mountain. The interior of each building employs wood, earth and bamboo respectively to explore the potential of the material there.

COMICO ART MUSEUM YUFUINと隣接する敷地内にたつ保養研修施設。3棟に分棟することで、川沿いの小さな集落を目指した。美術館と保養施設の建物群を明確に区切らず、パブリックとプライベートの二つの場所が、アートと自然を介して一体的に感じられるゆるやかな全体性をめざした。各棟の庭園や露天風呂から由布岳を望めるように建物の配置と距離感に気を配り、薄い鋼板葺きの屋根を、山に向かって雁行させた。
3棟の内装はそれぞれ木、土、竹の自然素材をテーマにし、素材の可能性に挑戦した。