Mobile Kiosk—Small Architecture Project 01: “Tsuboya” by Yasushi Horibe & Wood One

• Tsuboya
  Courtesy of Yasushi Horibe Architect & Associates

• Tsuboya
  Courtesy of Yasushi Horibe Architect & Associates

• Exhibition Concept

  Tsuboya is installed within the Garden of Ignorance, a dry landscape garden created by Kinsaku Nakane at the Shinshoji Zen Museum and Gardens in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture—one of the Exhibition venues. It will be displayed temporarily within this normally off-limits garden, creating a memorable spectacle to be appreciated and experienced like a painting from the main hall of Shinshoji.

  Incorporating the philosophy of long-time woodworkers Wood One, Hane Architecture Workshop will construct the hut using solid Yoshino cypress timber and traditional techniques of hand-carved carpentry.

   

• Comments by Yasushi Horibe

  believe architecture is not merely physical; it is a “way” like the tea ceremony, judo, or bushido. It is a single path stretching from the past to the future, and this project exists along that path. I see it as an important opportunity to consider what can be done to preserve the kinds of materials we are familiar with today, and the traditional hand-carving carpentry techniques that are disappearing before our eyes. According to the traditional measuring system, 6 shaku (1,820 mm) by 6 shaku (1,820mm) equals one tsubo. This unit of area has always formed the basis for human residences and land in Japan.

  Please enjoy this one-tsubo hut that we call Tsuboya.

• Comments from Wood One

  “Providing new value to the world through wood.”

  Since our founding in 1952, Wood One’s business has revolved around Hiroshima timber, and we have continued to strive to push the boundaries of its potential. We are proud to sponsor the Hiroshima Architecture Exhibition 2025, held in Hiroshima. Our superior timbers, grown and harvested by ourselves, along with our technical capabilities offer reliable choices for architecture. Our goal is to continue to support the architecture profession, all the while working in harmony with nature. We hope this Exhibition will be a forum for sharing our vision with architects from around the world.