Metal Shutter Houses, Shigeru Ban Architects (2011)

Notes:

• 6 floors
  • 5 covered by metal shutters
• metal shutters can be lifted and shut
  • most likely for temperature control or natural light or privacy
• each floor has a double height space to allow for loft space
  • floor plates are most likely evenly space, except for the lobby space and penthouse
• Aesthetic: white and gray, blue tones
  • conforms with neighboring buildings
• metal shutter above building entrance acts as canopy, unlike the rest of the shutters of the building
• What are the systems?
  • metal shutters
  • modular windows
  • double height space?
• Observations
  • windows must reach floor plate
  • shutters must touch floor plate
  • building sits on top of ground
    • entrance is set back from sidewalk

Mechanisms of Windows and Shutters, gif from NY Times

Drawings: