2023年竣工 ／ 和歌山県東牟婁郡太地町 ／ 業務範囲：構造設計・工事監理
建築設計：阪根宏彦計画設計事務所 ／ 構造設計：村田龍馬設計所
写真：河野博之
Wakayama, Japan 2023
Scope of work: Structural design and construction supervision
Architect: Sakane Keikaku Sekkei / Structural design: Ryoma Murata Building Studio
Photography: Hiroyuki Kawano
本施設は、クジラやイルカなどの調査・研究や情報発信を行う拠点として、古くから捕鯨の地として知られる和歌山県太地町内の太平洋を望む高台に建設された。88m×20.5mの東西に長くゆるやかな円弧状の平面と、最大6.8mの深い軒をもつ。建物西端から東端へ約3mの高低差がある地盤面に沿った床段差を設け、土工事を最小限に抑えた。
This facility was built on high ground overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, a town long known for its whaling industry, as a base for research and information dissemination on cetacean. It has a long, gently arc-shaped floor plan stretching east to west measuring 88m x 20.5m, with eaves of maximum 6.8m of horizontal deapth. Earthworks were kept to a minimum by creating a floor step that follows the ground level, with a height difference of about 3m from the west end of the building to the east end.