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Yamaguchi House and Restaurant – Junya Ishigami

2024

Designed for chef Motonori Hirata, Junya Ishigami’s underground house and restaurant in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefectureis a radical exploration of architecture as earth-formed space. Using an experimental casting technique, concrete was poured into excavated soil molds and later unearthed, revealing a series of arched chambers, organic columns, and surfaces imprinted with the raw textures of the ground.

What was meant to be cleaned was left mud-caked and untouched, as Ishigami chose to preserve the material memory of the process, blurring distinctions between construction and excavation, building and landscape. Submerged below street level, the space evokes a primordial grotto, offering a sensory, almost geological experience that redefines conventional notions of dwelling and dining.

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Tags:

  • House,
  • Japan,
  • Junya Ishigami,
  • Junya Ishigami + Associates,
  • Restaurant,
  • and Ube

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