Fragile Shelter by Hidemi Nishida Studio
08/10/2013.
[Sapporo] Japan
metalocus, ALEX DURO
metalocus, ALEX DURO
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.
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.