Object: guest house

Location: 158-1 Memu, Taiki-cho, Hiroo-gun, Hokkaido, Japan

Client: LIXIL JS Foundation

Design team: Studio Neven Mikac-Fuchs, AHO - The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, (Laura Cristea, Mari Hellum, Stefan Hurrell, Niklas Lenander, Neven Mikac-Fuchs, Thomas McQuillan, Raphael Zuber)

Local architect: Kengo Kuma and Associates (Takumi Saikawa, Katsuhito Komatsu)

Structural engineer: Oak Structural Design Office (Masato Araya)

Competition: 2015, 1st prize

Planning and construction: 2015-2016

Photographs: copyright © Shinkenchiku-sha, Marin Holtkamp