In this study, Ishigami Junya’s architectural characteristics has been conducted through comparative analysis of spatial composition and structural system between Kanagawa Institute of Technology(KAIT) Workshop and Plaza. The result of this research...
In this study, Ishigami Junya’s architectural characteristics has been conducted through comparative analysis of spatial composition and structural system between Kanagawa Institute of Technology(KAIT) Workshop and Plaza. The result of this research can be summarized as followed. First of all, KAIT Workshop and Plaza are typical cases for Ishigami Junya’s architectural works with architectural concepts such as lightness, transparency, connection with nature, complexity in simplicity. The second one is that KAIT Workshop and Plaza implement conflicting spaces in spatial composition and structural system. KAIT Workshop reveals interior space connected with exterior space using transparency, and KAIT Plaza is internalized exterior space with solid wall structural system. The third one is that structural system of KAIT Workshop is main compressed columns with multiple thin pre-stressed columns for the transparent space, KAIT Plaza uses the catenoids roof surface and wall system without columns. Based on the result of analysis, architectural characteristics of KAIT Workshop and Plaza shows that spatial composition can be realized with modified structure in the existed structural system and architectural concepts will be generated through structural system in architectural design.