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  Project Title

  Culvert Guesthouse

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  Winning Firm
  
  

  nendo

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  Lead Designer
  
  

  nendo

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  Awarded
  
  WINNER, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, Other Architectural Design

• Project Location
  Miyota-machi, Japan
• Photographer credit
  Takumi Ota, Daici Ano


• Architectural Firm
   
• Architect Firm / Studio Name
  nendo
• Lead Architect(s)
  nendo

A storage facility for archiving furniture, products, and artwork in Miyota-machi, Nagano Prefecture, with a guesthouse attached. Located in a quiet and nature-rich environment where streams weave through a thick forest of red pine, the tunnel-like architecture took shape through a combination of precast and prestressed construction methods. For precast construction, common parts are molded in a factory and assembled on site. An example of its applications in infrastructure projects is the box culvert (box-shaped concrete structures), used to store waterways, pathways, and power lines.