{"id":98,"date":"2026-07-06T12:59:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T03:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/?post_type=works&#038;p=98"},"modified":"2026-08-28T22:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T13:46:22","slug":"joshu-tomioka-station-design-competition-honorable-mention","status":"publish","type":"works","link":"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/works\/joshu-tomioka-station-design-competition-honorable-mention\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshu-Tomioka Station Design Competition (Honorable Mention)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-s-design-farm-billboard\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element is-pc-only\" src=\"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/PC_tomioka-station_01_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element is-mobile-only\" src=\"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/S_tomioka-station_05_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/billboard\/overlay-white.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"overlay-svg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<section class=\"__intersection __fadeinup wp-block-s-design-farm-works-intro\">\n    <div class=\"view\">\n                    <h1 class=\"works-title\">Joshu-Tomioka Station Design Competition (Honorable Mention)<\/h1>\n                <div class=\"text\">\n            \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A station design proposal made of thread-thin structural members, inspired by the warmth and luster of the raw silk associated with Tomioka. Expressing everything that composes the space\u2014benches, signage\u2014in \u201cthread,\u201d it aimed to become a node of Gunma\u2019s \u201cculture sphere of thread.\u201d<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"__intersection __fadeinup wp-block-s-design-farm-works-overview\">\n    <div class=\"view\">\n        <div class=\"works-overview-data\"><h2 class=\"section-heading\">Data<\/h2><div class=\"list\"><dl class=\"row-item\"><dt class=\"label\">Primary Use<\/dt><dd class=\"value\">Proposal<\/dd><\/dl><dl class=\"row-item\"><dt class=\"label\">Project Type<\/dt><dd class=\"value\">Competition entry (top 7 of 359 entries)<\/dd><\/dl><dl class=\"row-item\"><dt class=\"label\">Total Floor Area<\/dt><dd class=\"value\">750\u33a1<\/dd><\/dl><dl class=\"row-item\"><dt class=\"label\">Architects<\/dt><dd class=\"value\">Takeshi Shikauchi<\/dd><\/dl><dl class=\"row-item\"><dt class=\"label\">Structural Design<\/dt><dd class=\"value\">Institute of Building Structure<\/dd><\/dl><dl class=\"row-item\"><dt class=\"label\">Environmental Design<\/dt><dd class=\"value\">Nobuyuki Sunaga (Tokyo Metropolitan University)<\/dd><\/dl><dl class=\"row-item\"><dt class=\"label\">Lighting Design<\/dt><dd class=\"value\">Izumi Okayasu Lighting Design<\/dd><\/dl><dl class=\"row-item\"><dt class=\"label\">Photography<\/dt><dd class=\"value\">Kouichi Torimura \/ Kouichi Torimura Photography<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div><div class=\"works-overview-extra\"><div class=\"works-overview-award\"><h2 class=\"section-heading\">Award<\/h2><div class=\"list\"><dl class=\"row-item\"><dt class=\"label\">Design Competition<\/dt><dd class=\"value\">Design Competition, Honourable Mention (top 7 of 359 entries)<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-s-design-farm-works-gallery works-gallery\"><div class=\"view\"><div class=\"layout\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-s-design-farm-works-gallery-image works-gallery-image __intersection __fadeinup\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/B_tomioka-station_04_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-s-design-farm-works-gallery-image works-gallery-image __intersection __fadeinup\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/B_tomioka-station_01_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-s-design-farm-works-gallery-image works-gallery-image __intersection __fadeinup\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/B_tomioka-station_02_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-s-design-farm-works-gallery-image works-gallery-image __intersection __fadeinup\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/B_tomioka-station_0708_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-s-design-farm-works-gallery-image works-gallery-image __intersection __fadeinup\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/B_tomioka-station_05_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-s-design-farm-works-gallery-image works-gallery-image __intersection __fadeinup\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/B_tomioka-station_03_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-s-design-farm-works-story\"><div class=\"view\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-s-design-farm-works-story-main story-overview\">\n<h3>A Station Learning from Raw Silk, Built of Thread<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A station made of thread-thin structural members. The raw silk associated with Tomioka is a natural material with \u201cexcellent warmth retention\u201d and \u201ca distinctive luster.\u201d Warmth arises as air collects in the gaps between fibers, and the rounded triangular cross-section gives off a distinctive luster through a \u201cprism effect of light.\u201d Applying the qualities of this raw silk to the station\u2019s structure, we proposed a station that evokes \u201cthe fineness of thread,\u201d \u201csuppleness,\u201d and \u201cluster.\u201d By making not only the building but everything that composes the space\u2014benches, signboards, sun shades\u2014out of \u201cthread,\u201d it aimed to become a node of the \u201cculture sphere of thread\u201d in Gunma, including Tomioka.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"works_main_image":947,"works_sub_image":948,"works_location":"Gunma","works_type":"Competition entry","works_completion_year":"2011","ogp_image":945,"ogp_caption":"A station design proposal made of thread-thin structural members, inspired by the warmth and luster of the raw silk associated with Tomioka.","footnotes":""},"works_category":[15],"works_tag":[],"class_list":["post-98","works","type-works","status-publish","hentry","works_category-public-facility"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/works\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/works"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/works"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/works\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":983,"href":"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/works\/98\/revisions\/983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"works_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/works_category?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"works_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s-designfarm.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/works_tag?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}