Owner：Town of Reihoku in Kumamoto

Architect：Atelier Hitoshi Abe

Architect of Record：Hitoshi Abe + Yasuaki Onoda + Atelier Hitoshi Abe

Engineer(s) Structure: TIS & Partners

Mechanical: Sogo Consultants

Consultant(s)

Lighting Design: Masahide Kakudate Lighting Architect & Associates

General Contractor： Nakamura Construction Company and Kanematsu Construction Company, JV

Structural System

Laminated timber (Manufacturer: Miyazaki Wood Tech)

Exterior Cladding

Wood:

Cedar board t=15mm/w=120mm upright paneling painted guard lacquer (Manufacturer: Washin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.) twice

Roof

Asphalt water/heat proof method (Stripe method by Tajima Roofing, Co.)

Decorated finishes for light walking (P-gravel roofing method by Tajima Roofing, Co.)

Doors

Used wooded sash

Steel sash

and aluminum sash (YKKap)

Landscape

Breached asphalt pavement

Asphalt pavement

Concrete interlocking with grass

Interior Finishes

Wall:

Cedar board t=15mm/w=120mm upright paneling painted guard lacquer (Manufacturer: Washin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.) twice

Floor:

Epoxy paint (Chemicrete EP clear by ABC Company) over mortar finish t=30mm

Theater:

– Seating Floor: Epoxy non-slip paint (Chemicrete EP clear by ABC Company) over mortar finish t=30mm

– Stage floor: Japanese oak t=15mm

Sound Reflection Wall:

Japanese linden t=6mm veneer + cedar frame t=30mm panel

Sound Absorb Wall:

Glass wool cloth t=50mm + Cedar frame t=30mm

Ceiling:

Colored glass wool t=50mm (Asahi fiber glass, Co.)