Rokko housing I
While emphasized on interaction
and encountering, this collective housing was created with variegated
relationship between public and private through the concept of alley spaces and
public terraces where residents encounter. With the intention to create and
reinforce a relationship between nature, public space and private space, a grid
system is employed to control the overall structure.
Each of the 20 units is 5,4
x 4,8 m in size, and each has a terrace looking out towards the bush harbour of
Kobe.
Rokko housing II
Some years later, Tadao Ando
build a second housing complex, adjacent to Rokko Housing I. (Rokko Housing II.).
Four times larger than the original building, this structure includes 50
dwellings, designed on a 5,2m square grid. A third and even larger structure is
now under way above Rokko Housing II.
In Rokko III,
another element is introduced: prefabrication. The architect is embarking on
this project without any client commission at the time of 1991. Though
certainly it can be said that prefab means to lower costs in group housing
based on technical and economic rationale, the architect’s attempt is a far more
socially related thinking. It is a logical choice given that Rokko III is a
complex several times the size of II.
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| Process/ Landscape |
one of the most
exciting aspects of the project at that time is that it is actually built
"into" the landscape while stepping down along the slope. The attempt
is to take advantage of natural site constraints, as oppose to the common
practice of "erasing" the whole terrain and natural features,
or building over stilt structure. Such an attempt
not only demonstrated the building design being integrated with the natural
landscape, but also achieved a design variety. It is important to note
the extensive cut and fill works involved.
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| Rokko housing I |
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| Rokko housing I and I |
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| Terrace |
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| Courtyard |
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| Interior |
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