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What is the concept of the Hokkaido Rock House? What are its key architectural characteristics or particular features?

I was so excited when I first saw my design rendered in VR. The huge cave-like space that you first step into expresses the main concept, I would say. It has the strength and dynamism of the cave, but at the same time, it is an open, light and floating cave space that has never been seen before. It is a cave that has been given new life by artificial technology and geometry. When I first saw this space in a virtual space, it looked very primitive and at the same time something futuristic. I think it’s not just a simple model of a cave, but expresses a kind of primitive future.

The rock and forest landscape, meanwhile, is inspired by the landscape of Sounkyo near Asahikawa, Hokkaido, which is the hometown of CondeHouse and myself. By combining the calmness of the beautiful forest and the strength of the dynamic rocks with the sensitivity and lightness of the artificial composition, I think we were able to propose a new living environment for humans where nature and artefacts coexist.