Fragile Shelter by Hidemi Nishida Studio

This temporary shelter is located in a deep forest in Sapporo, Japan designed by Hidemi Nishida Studio, and seeks to be such a base for winter activities. Built only with wood and plastic its elegant appearance is softened within the trees.

Raised over the ground with a wooden structure, tries to be higher than the snow level. This decision turn the shelter into a levitated building over the ground, minimising its impact on it.

"This project is a temporary shelter in the wild winter forest. It leads people to gather, and number of events happened there. Sometimes, local student makes a party at there and sometimes local kindergarten children came there and had a lunch. This is a cozy base for winter activities."

Hidemi Nishida Studio.

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Inner vision. Fragile Shelter by Hidemi Nishida Studio. Image © courtesy of Hidemi Nishida Studio. Click above to see larger image.

Façade detail. Fragile Shelter by Hidemi Nishida Studio. Image © courtesy of Hidemi Nishida Studio. Click above to see larger image.

Outside vision at dusk. Fragile Shelter by Hidemi Nishida Studio. Image © courtesy of Hidemi Nishida Studio. Click above to see larger image.

Night outside vision. Fragile Shelter by Hidemi Nishida Studio. Image © courtesy of Hidemi Nishida Studio. Click above to see larger image.

Elevation. Fragile Shelter by Hidemi Nishida Studio. Image © courtesy of Hidemi Nishida Studio. Click above to see larger image.

Plan and sections. Fragile Shelter by Hidemi Nishida Studio. Image © courtesy of Hidemi Nishida Studio. Click above to see larger image.

Sections. Fragile Shelter by Hidemi Nishida Studio. Image © courtesy of Hidemi Nishida Studio. Click above to see larger image.

Construction. Fragile Shelter by Hidemi Nishida Studio. Image © courtesy of Hidemi Nishida Studio. Click above to see larger image.

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Architects

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Hidemi Nishida Studio.

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Collaborators

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Akira Nagase and Genki Fujita.

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Manufacturers

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Wood, plastic screen, stove.

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Area

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20 x 2 sqm.

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Dates

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January of 2011.

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Location

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Sapporo Art Forest, Sapporo Hokkaido, Japan.

HIDEMI NISHIDA

Hidemi Nishida is an environmental artist. In his work, Nishida installs architectural structures into specific fields or existing buildings to extract more the specific value on the specific places. It discovers new possibility and value on each places and leads neighbors to the place to do activities for primitive pleasure.

Published on: October 8, 2013

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