Today we present this interesting house, designed by Nendo, located into the nature, and made thinking in the coexistence between man and the animals. A brilliant project, which also reminds us of "architectures nest" by Ivan Juarez and Patricia Meneses, published in METALOCUS 019.

A treehouse designed for the Ando Momofuku Center, a facility devoted to promoting and increasing access to nature activities. The facility is located in a forest in Komoro City in Japan's mountainous Nagano Prefecture.

The treehouse is collective housing for many birds and one person. On one side, the treehouse has entrances to 78 nest spaces for birds. The other side has an entrance for one person, who can look into the birds' nests from inside the treehouse from the little holes located on the division wall.

The Center commitment underlies into achieve a healthy interaction between people and ecosystems. This need answers to several factors that have affected nature, from illegal logging of trees, species extinction and global warming.

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Nendo is a design office founded by Oki Sato in Tokyo, in 2002, which work spans architecture, interiors, productos and graphics, and has won international design awards.

Oki Sato was born in Canada in 1977 and studied architecture at Waseda University, graduating top of his class in 2000. He earned his master's degree from Waseda in 2002 and founded design studio Nendo that same year.

With multidisciplinary studios in Tokyo and Milan, Oki's work spans a wide range of fields, such as architecture, product design, and branding, and has been recognized internationally with awards on several occasions, including in Italy, France, and the UK where he was named Designer of the Year. His recent major projects include the Tokyo 2020 Olympic cauldron, and he is also involved in the design of the new TGV trains for France's high-speed rail network.

A jury member of iF award, 2010. Lecturer for Waseda University, Tokyo; “Designer of the Year” (Wallpaper* magazine): “Designer of the Year” (ELLE DECO International Design Awards), 2012. “Guest of honor” (Toronto Interior Design Show); “Guest of honor” (Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair), 2013. “Designer of the Year” (Maison & Objet); “Interior Designers of the Year” (Iconic Awards); “CHANGE MAKER OF THE YEAR 2015” (Nikkei Online), 2015. A producer of World Design Capital Taipei; Jury Chair for the Golden Pin Design Award, 2016.

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Published on: September 20, 2012
Cite: "BIRD-APARTMENT.TREE HOUSE, by Nendo" METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/bird-apartmenttree-house-nendo> ISSN 1139-6415
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