Japan 3/11 Initiative
Japan Design Workshop 2011

Kitsune bamba

Kitsune Bamba is a multifunctional space intended tobring the community together around daily activities. It is located close to the Elementary andMiddle schools with the hope that all generations
will come to Kitsune Bamba and mingle, share experiences and help each other.
Kitsune Bamba is also about water. It's primary programs are two baths, men and women, and a laundryroom for the community. We understood the need thecommunity had for both of these activities after thetsunami, since each are provided in temporary structures on the Middle school grounds for the bath (withdaily rotations between genders) or in travelingtrucks for the laundry. We recognize the devastationwater brought to Utatsu and we believe that Kitsune
Bamba, through its small canals and the ritual ofbathing, will gently reintroduce people to water andits benefits.
Water will bring people together. A water canal, inspired by the ones found in the Tane Valley, will run
through Utatsu from the site, leading people to Kitsune Bamba along the Sampomichi. The implementationof drinking water fountains along the way and aroundtown is a larger gesture to support the community,providing for drinking water sources and evacuation
beacons in case of emergency.
Finally, Kitsune Bamba is about partnership. We envision a relationship between the timber industry of
the Tane Valley and Utatsu's reconstruction strategy, using Tane's timber to rebuild itself, thus reviving the economy of an other struggling region.

「きつね番場」は地域住民が集うための様々な施設が複合した空間です。小学校と中学校のすぐ近くに位置し、幅広い世代の人々が様々な体験を共有し、助け合い、交流するための場所です。
「きつね番場」は水を主題にした施設です。施設の主な用途は銭湯と洗濯のための空間です。
これら2つの機能は、中学校の校庭の仮設浴場(1日ごとに男女が交代)と洗濯機搭載のトラック(地域を巡回)によってまかなわれているのが現状で、これからの生活のために早急に整備することが求められています。私たちは、水によってもたらされた歌津の被害を承知した上で、「きつね番場」に設えられた銭湯や水路を通して歌津の人々が水の恩恵をゆっくりと再認識していけると信じています。
水は人々を呼び集めることができます。水は、敷地から街を経由して海まで運ばれ、その水路に沿って続く「さんぽみち」を通って人々は「きつね番場」にアクセスします。
これは、滋賀県長浜市の田根の集落を流れる水路から発想を得ました。

「きつね番場」は地域連携の機会にもなります。私たちは、歌津の復興に田根の木材産業を利用することを想定しており、これは厳しい立場にある地方経済を活性化させることに繋がります。

team members:
Florence Guiraud, MIT March 3
Hitoshi Ishikawa, KEIO B3
Sho Kurokawa, Mendrisio March1
Yihyun Lim, MIT March1

SINGING LESSONS! SEASONAL GARDEN
みんなで歌おう！
旬の野菜！

SOCIAL GATHERINGS WE’LL ENTERTAIN YOU AND YOUR KIDS!
子供も大人もお年寄りも、みんなで集まって楽しもう！

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Kitsune bamba

summer hours: 6:30 - 22:00
winter hours: 10:00 - 19:00

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Kitsune bamba for everyone - sakura bamba and kitsune bamba
みんなのための場所ー桜番場ときつね番場

sakura bamba - tanekitsune bamba - utatsu
sato chan“i like going to kitsune bamba
after school - different snacks
everyday and i can get myhomework done faster here!”FROM
UTATSUUPTOWNUUTA T ST V

FOLK HISTORY
ARCHIVEWESUTATSU
JR.HIGH SCHOOL

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the first house we lived intane was next to sakura bamba a place for elderly care. adjacent to bamba was a playgroundwhere neighborhood kids gathered in the morning for groupexercise.
the seemingly quiet neighborhood was active throughout theday, and this all-inclusive atmoshpere is what we strive toacheive in kitsune bamba ofutatsu.

LEYR OAD

ISATOMAE
ELEMENTARYSCHOOLyamada san“free health clinic at kitsune bamba is great. i dropby on my way from the train
station to check on new info
for my son shun ”

FROM
UTATSUSTATIONFROMUTATSUSHRINE

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PORT/DOWN
TOWN

tanaka san - fisherman“i like to stop by atkitsune bamba for lunch
after my morning fishing”

suzuki san“after a morning walk to
the jinja, i stop by atkitsune bamba to meet upwith my friends for kitsune
singing class”

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from isatomae elementary school to
伊里前小学校からきつね番場へ

Kitsune bamba
community activities-use
homework
supporthealthclinic

isatomae elementary schoolbathingcookingdiningmeeting

storage

ISATOMAE
ELEMENTARYSCHOOL

sleeping

vegetable
gardenmovie
nightselderlyday
centerkaraokelaundry

KITSUNE
BAMBA

four components of kitsune bamba
きつね番場の４つの特徴
PROGRAM TERRACESUTILIZING THE EXISTING SLOPES OF UTATSU

現状の地形を生かして配置される建築

FLEXIBLE SPACE + MODULAR CONSTRUCTION
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SPACE : BATH + GATHERING + EATING + GARDENING

様々な用途に使える柔軟性の高い空間

WATER FILTERATION SYSTEM + WATER FOUNTAINSFRESH UPPER GROUNDS WATER FILTERATIONTOWN WATER FOUNTAINS (IDOBATAKAIGI + EVACUATION MARKERS)

水のろ過システム／街中に配置される噴水

SANBO MICHI + WATER CANALLEISURELY STROLL PATH ALONG WATER CANAL FROM KITSUNE BAMBA TO PORT

きつね番場から港まで続く水路と散歩道

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WATER SYSTEM : city wide connections / interactive beacons
水の活用：

街全体へ広がるネットワーク／飲み水を提供し、災害情報を発する噴水

The kitsune fountains provide forfiltered drinkable water,connecting the major sites ofUtatsu and creating opportunities
for informal gatherings.

Fontaines Wallace, ParisIDOBATAKAIGI
飲み水の提供／井戸端会議!

In case a tsunami is approaching,
the fountain will visually indicate
the need to evacuate and thelocation of higher grounds.

街中に配置された「きつね井戸」は飲み水を提供するとともに、井戸端会議のような小規模な雑談場所を生み出します。
Evacuation Markers
災害情報の発信Kitsune bamba

SAFE EVACUATION SITE
避難場所としての立地

Kitsune bamba

3/11 Tsunami level

MIDDLE SCHOOLSITE

RESIDENCESSHRINEMOUNTAIN

BYPASSMOUNTAIN

SEA

Kitsune bamba
SITE

3/11 Tsunami level

SEA

EDO ROADRESIDENCES

SITE

RESIDENCES

ROAD

MOUNTAIN

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WATER TRAIL : kitsune canal city path
水路網from kitsune bamba

to the city of utatsu and the sea

きつね番場から流れた水が···歌津の市街地を経由して、海へ流れ込む

feed fromwest valley
filtering
pond

OSHIMA CANAL, TANE
bathbathlaundry
Gardens

PARKINGKITSUNE canal
きつね水路

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WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM
水のろ過システム

west valley
river

baths

filtering
pond
CONTROLgardens
kitchensea

canalsfountains

toilets
city
sewer

city
waterlaundry

the implementation of self-filtering
water fountains is beneficial forthe entire city of Utatsu in case ofcity water contamination.
噴水に濾過装置を内蔵することで、災害時に町内の水道設備に問題が発生した場合でも、飲み水を供給することができます。
filterKitsune bambae!
KITsun OF PARTS
畳の寸法を基準にした建築の仕組み

900mm

1:21800mm!
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TATA
TANE
10m

UTATSUshojiengawa

building a relationship between
Tane valley Timber economy andUtatsu.
田根の木材を用いることで、田根と歌津が支え合う関係を築きます。

Structural Grid : the tatami unit
柱の間隔や部屋の大きさは、畳の寸法をもとに決めます。

KITSUNE BAMBA=
100% Tane Timber

PLAN
Kitsune bamba SITE
配置図

filtering
pondbathatbathelderly care
きつねデイケアセンター

PARKING
Glaundry
きつね洗濯室flex space
多機能交流空間

5M

10M20M

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BIRDS EYE VIEW
俯瞰RETAINING
POND

BATH

ELDERLY CARE
きつねデイケアセンター

BATH

LAUNDRY
きつね洗濯室FLEX SPACE
多機能交流空間GARDENSmodel by Hitoshi Ishikawa

COMMUNITY SPACE + BATH AREA SECTIONS
Kitsune bamba コミュニティ交流空間+ 銭湯

Kitsune bamba

kitsune elderly carekitsune laundry

flexible community space

きつねデイケアセンター（高齢者介護）

きつね洗濯室（ランドリー）

多機能交流空間

outdoor bathindoor bath

dressing

露天風呂

室内風呂と洗い場

脱衣所

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STREETSECTION THROUGH BATH-COMMUNITY SPACE
断面図（ろ過池、浴室、交流空間）

COMMUNITY SPACEINDOOR BATH

POND

Kitsunebamba5M

10M

20M

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SECTION THROUGH OUTDOOR BATH
断面図（露天風呂）

OUTDOOR BATH

5M

10M

20M