Doug Joiner Horse Lodge
Shinano, Kamiminochi, Nagano, JAPAN
| Architect | Furuya Nobuaki+NASCA |
|---|---|
| Usage | Horse Barn・Office |
| Structure | W |
| Size | 2F |
| Site area | 1,838.53㎡ |
| Area | 294.84㎡ |
| Completion | 2016.06 |
| Publishing | Juutakutokushu 2021.02 |
This is a stable ‘Doug Joiner Horse Lodge (2016)’ commissioned by C.W. Nicol. It is a stable where one can share life with and breed horses not for horse-riding, but for pulling heavy loads. The stall walls are a wooden structure built using the Itakura method (slotting panels between posts) with timber from forest thinning transported by draft horses. The management building and the stalls are linked together to become a life base for the horses and the horsemen that take care of them. The whole structure gently curves so that the horses and people can always feel each other’s presence. Mr. Nicol said it looked like a modern ‘magariya’. Both the management building and the stables have lofts which can be used as a bedroom for horsemen or an occasional sleeping place for trainees and interns. Because horses emit substantial steam from their bodies even in winter, a roof monitor shaped ventilation tower was set up on the ridge of the gable goof to release that moisture and provide constant buoyancy-driven ventilation. The curved appearance consciously connects the building with the surrounding scenery of Kurohime mountains.
Photos: Asakawa Satoshi