项目名称：嬬恋别墅G-Spiral

地点：群马县嬬恋村，日本

设计团队：秋山立花

建筑面积：44.71 m²

竣工时间：2024年

摄影：东涌宏和

设计特色：

项目 -秋山立花在群马县构思了一座非凡的度假建筑，超越了传统假日建筑的概念。嬬恋别墅G-Spiral从一个曾经繁荣的度假村开发区中诞生，如今正静静地向时间投降，建筑师在此打造了他所描述的跨越世界的"舞台装置"。

这座44.71平方米的卓越建筑坐落在浅间山火山景观的戏剧性背景下，以哲学的精确性回应其环境。设计师没有与火山活动雕刻的火成岩地形的严峻美感对抗，而是拥抱它，创造出体现被自然力量燃烧的森林焦炭残余的建筑。这座建筑见证了自然的多样表达——不是预期的翠绿度假胜地，而是对由火焰和地质剧变塑造的景观的冥想。

别墅最引人注目的特征在于其概念上的二元性：两个完全相同的空间以完美的线性对称排列，每个空间尺寸相同，共享相同的结构系统，却服务于截然不同的目的。一个空间作为纯粹的虚无存在——铺满地毯的空旷，没有功能，被建筑师描述为"虚空空间"。另一个空间像井一样向下延伸，容纳一个下沉式浴室，邀请使用者向下进入沉思的深处。

这种二元构成创造了设计师所称的跨界体验，访客在"虚空空间"和"风呂空间"之间移动，仿佛在平行世界间穿越。设计哲学从村上春树对可渗透现实的文学探索中汲取灵感，将建筑定位为超越的导管。

该项目的动人之处在于对场地历史的回应——将废弃的泡沫时代开发区转变为内省的舞台。曾经网球场举办周末狂欢的地方，现在寂静占据主导，为建筑师的形而上学抱负创造了理想条件。通过最少的手段和最大的概念深度，嬬恋别墅挑战了建筑惯例，提供了对场所、记忆和世界间空间的深刻冥想。

设计团队 - 由主持建筑师秋山怜史于2008年创立的秋山立花，已成为一家超越传统设计边界的先锋建筑事务所。这家总部位于横滨的事务所，作为神奈川县注册的一级建筑士事务所，在过去15年多的时间里，发展出以为社会和个人生活创造新可能性为核心的独特方法论。

在秋山的领导下，事务所秉承每一个新选择的创造都会指数级丰富社会的基本信念。这一理念驱动着他们在空间设计方面的综合性方法，涵盖建筑企划、监理、景观建筑、室内设计、家具制作和城市规划倡议。事务所的方法论围绕三个核心协作原则构建：共感、共创和共有，培育解决当代社会挑战的创新方案。

主持建筑师秋山怜史为事务所带来了卓越的学术和专业资历，曾担任横浜国立大学、东京都立大学和东洋大学的非常勤讲师。他的专业知识通过在京都市社会创新研究所担任研究员以及长野县立大学社会创新中心咨询委员的角色，超越了传统建筑界限。值得注意的是，秋山担任全国单亲家庭居住支援机构的代表理事，体现了事务所通过设计思维解决社会问题的承诺。

事务所在横滨和京都设有双重运营基地，战略性地定位于日本最具活力的城市环境中。秋山立花的作品组合涵盖住宅、商业和机构项目，每个项目都体现了他们创造增进人类体验空间同时促进更广泛社会转型的承诺。这种建筑卓越性与社会创新的独特整合，使事务所成为日本不断发展的设计领域的领导者。

Project Name: Tsumagoi Villa G-Spiral

Location: Tsumagoi Village, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Design Team: Akiyama Tachibana

Total Floor Area: 44.71 m²

Completion: 2024

Photography: Hirokazu Totsuka

Feature:

Project - Akiyama Tachibana completed a striking philosophical retreat project in the heart of Gunma Prefecture, transforming forgotten bubble-era resort heritage through innovative metaphysical architecture and thoughtful site meditation. The Tsumagoi Villa G-Spiral converts a abandoned resort development into a vibrant contemplative destination, demonstrating the perfect synthesis of traditional Japanese spatial concepts with contemporary philosophical thinking.

The villa is strategically positioned on volcanic terrain near Mount Asama, this 44.71-square-meter complex captures the innovative spirit of transcendental architecture while paying homage to the region's geological memory. The project's most distinctive feature lies in its binary spatial system that transforms the original concept of vacation retreat into an enclosed meditation space, creating a new existential order through what the architect describes as a "stage device for crossing between worlds."

Akiyama's ingenious design solution unifies two identical spaces with perfect linear symmetry yet radically different functions. The architect employed minimal material palette, chosen for its capacity to record the passage of time and spiritual contemplation. This spatial strategy creates dual realms that mediate between physical existence and metaphysical experience, generating architectural poetry through presence-void dialogue.

The villa's programming encompasses two essential spaces: the "void space" featuring carpeted emptiness devoid of function, and the "bath space" descending like a well into contemplative depths. The former workers' dormitory sites have been transformed into sites of introspection, while the charred landscape serves as backdrop for philosophical journey. Segmented yet continuous experiences create natural narrative pauses within the meditation path, allowing each spatial realm to shine within the broader existential narrative.

Most notably, the project transforms what was once a bustling bubble-era resort area into a contemplative sanctuary centered around silence and reflection, drawing inspiration from Haruki Murakami's literary explorations of parallel realities. This demonstrates how contemporary retreat architecture can push the boundaries of spiritual renewal possibilities while respecting historical memory and geological context.

Design Team - Founded in 2008 by principal Rei Akiyama in Yokohama, Japan, Akiyama Tachibana has established itself as a pioneering force in contemporary Japanese socially-conscious architectural practice, consistently bridging rigorous design methodology with social innovation technologies. With headquarters in Yokohama and secondary base in Kyoto, the firm has established itself as a comprehensive interdisciplinary consultancy providing professional design services across diverse building typologies throughout Japan and broader social initiatives.

Rei Akiyama, a graduate of Tokyo Metropolitan University (Bachelor of Architecture in Engineering) and licensed first-class architect, leads the practice with a philosophy of creating new choices for society and individual lives through architectural intervention. The Akiyama Tachibana name reflects the foundational philosophy of honoring ancestral heritage while creating innovative futures------a principle that manifests throughout their comprehensive project methodology combining paternal Akiyama lineage with maternal Tachibana heritage.

The firm's design philosophy centers on thorough investigation of architecture as social catalyst, with particular emphasis on addressing contemporary societal challenges through spatial innovation. This approach synthesizes professional architectural expertise with social responsibility, yielding significant works from philosophical retreats to social housing projects that demonstrate continuous advancement of socially-responsive architecture that breaks through in both cultural heritage and modern functionality.

Akiyama's mastery of metaphysical architectural language and spatial philosophy methodologies, along with applications of advanced social intervention techniques, underscores their contribution to Japan's evolving socially-conscious architectural discourse. Their recent work on the Tsumagoi Villa G-Spiral project exemplifies their persistent pursuit of pushing design boundaries while exploring existential questions------positioning them as thought leaders in contemporary cross-disciplinary architectural practice.

Akiyama Tachibana maintains headquarters in Yokohama with additional base in Kyoto, supported by a vibrant interdisciplinary team composed of architects, social workers, and academics contributing to the firm's continuously evolving social architectural discourse. Rei Akiyama simultaneously serves as adjunct lecturer at multiple universities including Yokohama National University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, and Toyo University, while serving as Representative Director of the National Single Parent Housing Support Organization, establishing Akiyama Tachibana as an important contributor to contemporary socially-responsible architectural creation in Japan and beyond.