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  Project Title

  HASSENBA　HITOYOSHI / KUMAGAWA

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  Winning Firm
  
  

  Tamtamdesign Co., Ltd.

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  Lead Designer
  
  

  Seiichiro Tamura

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  Awarded
  
  WINNER, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, Historical

• Project Location
  333-1 Shimoshimmachi, Hitoyoshi-shi, Kumamoto-ken 868-0033 Japan, Japan
• Project Status
  Completed
• Completion Date
  July, 2021
• Client
  Kumagawa Kudari Co., Ltd.\ceo Kosuke Sezaki,
• General Contractor
  Marusho Construction Co., Ltd. And Aster
• Photographer credit
  Yasuhiro Hagi


• Architectural Firm
   
• Architect Firm / Studio Name
  Tamtamdesign Co., Ltd.
• Lead Architect(s)
  Seiichiro Tamura
• Other Team Members
  Tomiko Honda, Shotaro Nakagawa, Koji Muraoka, Shingo Furusho
• About Firm
  Founded in 2012. I study every day under the theme of "Growing Architecture and Space." We specialize in commercial building and store design. In 2022, it will be inducted into Japan's Renovation of the Year Hall of Fame.

"Kumagawa Kudari" is a tradition of going down the river by a wooden boat. In July 2020, there were many casualties in the city and our facility by river flooding. Before the renovation, It was a Japanese-style architecture inspired by Hitoyoshi castle. Despite of the river flooding, we created many scenes where you can feel that the river as an entity that brings more 〈benefits〉. The terrace with a large roof allows you to feel the river, and at the same time that can be an evacuation site for about 30 people and also a pickup spot for rescue helicopters when a flood happens.