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TATAMI...TSUNAMI

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    IN THE SPRING OF 2011 I WAS  ASKED  ABOUT TURNING A 2 STORY WEST WING OF THE PROPERTY INTO 2 LARGER ROOMS. THE VIEW FACING SIDE OF THE BUILDING WAS SOLID CONCRETE BLOCK.

     AT THE SAME TIME THE CLIENTS HAD GONE TO JAPAN…THEY CALLED ME FROM TOKYO…THEY HAD JUST GONE THROUGH THE FUKASHIMA EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI …


    WE ALL DECIDED TO CREATE THE NEW ROOMS IN A SERIOUSLY STRUCTURALLY SOUND WAY…

WE CRIBBED BOTH STORIES AND SAW CUT THE WHOLE WEST FACE OF THE BUILDING….
THEN WE CREATED A GIGANTIC WELDED I BEAM SYSTEM FOR THE NEW FACE…
WITH A GLASS SURROUNDED AND CANTILEVERED IPE DECK ABOVE…FACING THE SUNSET…
AND AS A TRIBUTE  TO THE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN CREATED TWO EXQUISITE TATAMI ROOMS…
THE LOWER ROOM WITH BLUE AND WHITE SHOJI, NAKASHIMA BURL TABLE AND JOHN PAUL GAUTIER LOUNGING COUCHES…
AND THE VIEW IS WORLD CLASS.

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