Gendai Shou Sugi Ban siding on Kure Civic Center in Japan

Gendai®

Kure City Civic Center

Kure, Hiroshima, Japan

From Kengo Kuma & Associates:

“The site looks down the calm Inland Sea of Japan and has a water conduit within. Its landscape consists of the ridgeline of the mountains and islands faced with the surface of the sea. For materials, the unit system of traditional tile-roofing (plain rectangular tile and hollow semicircular tile are used alternately) technique was applied to the louvers to stress plasticity. In the external wall, the use of wood weight in the siding boards was partially omitted so that it could accent three-dimensional expression.”

Product

Gendai® with black finish (This finish is available in Japan only)
Gendai® Unoiled

Application

Exterior

Builder

Konoike Construction

Photography

Nakamoto Forestry

Videography

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