Between Urban and Rural
The site is situated in urbanization controlled area between residential area and farmland. It belongs to legally unbuildable zone but the client was allowed to built due to his vested rights of the land.
Ecology-Based Life
The house stands on the edge between economy-based urban development area and rural land. Our design proposes a dramatic shift from economy-based to ecology-based lifestyle.
Blurring Boundary
We first envisioned living under tarp-like structure where one can fully feel nature and move freely between inside and outside. In order to fully integrate architecture and nature, we intend to blur boundary between inside and outside by adopting following five design elements:
(1) Maze-like composition
(2) 16 skylights-Some are glazed for interior use, and others without glazing for exterior purpose.
(3) Potted plants as design element-Seven identical potted plants are located inside and outside.
(4) Wall finish-Same finish inside and outside: Charred and polished cedar wood finished with persimmon tannin containing Bengara (sanguine)
(5) Floor finish-Same finish inside and outside: Polished terrazzo
Site area: 178.23m²
Building area: 99.85m²
Total floor area: 99.85m²
Structure: wood
Architectural Design: Yasuhiro Yamashita + Takumi Niwamoto / Atelier Tekuto
Structure: Kenji Nawa /Suwa building company
Construction: Yasuhide Ninomiya + Fumimasa Saito + Ninomiya Construction Company
Photo by: Toshihiro Sobajima
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