— Two Lines in the Forest

Spring 2020, Harvard GSD, Instructor: Toshiko Mori

A museum and archive for the chair collection of Mr. Oda in the forest of Higashikawa, Japan, guided by the following principles: 

— Various datums of the tree canopy are to be experienced and enjoyed
— The entire archive is visible in open storage
— Upon the approach, the building appears to be a slender tower like the surrounding forest
— The experience of the museum is internal: a forest within a forest
— The scale of the archive is of the chair, of the body, and of the tree


Site plan Terrain diagram Entry diagram Program diagram

First floor plan First floor plan detail Second floor plan Second floor plan detail Second floor plan detail Second floor plan detail Third floor plan Third floor plan detail Fourth floor plan Fifth floor plan Sixth floor plan Seventh floor plan Eighth floor plan Roof plan

South elevation Section Section West elevation North elevation South elevation / section