Tribute to Japan architecture

SHOTENKENCHIKU SPOJENÍ S PŘÍRODOU/JAPONSKÁ KULTURA

2015 Vol.59 No.12 SHOTENKENCHIKU Tokio 56/8, JAPAN

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short book for a tribute to architecture shotenkenchiku 1

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summary

Gui House Izumo Plain

Hazukashi House Kyoto

The Pit House Okayama

Details architecture

Charred Japanese cedar clads the exterior of this split-level house in Izumo, Japan

Pointed doorways and openings throughout this house in Kyoto, Japan, were designed

by Alts Design Office to mimic the building‘s gabled profile. Due to its narrow width, the building appears disproportionally tall.

The site is located on a terraced mountain hill that was developed as a residential land. The family is consisted of a married couple and a child. We considered a new way of architecture on the site condition, where views are open towards the north and the ground level is one meter higher than the road level.

Some of the nice details in japanese architecture.

Using light, green, concrete, wood for their houses.

The architects chose to clad the exterior with charred Japanese cedar boards, giving the building a blackened textural surface that contrasts with the smooth concrete foundation slab.

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Harunatsu-Arch was approached by a couple in their 30s to create a simple single-storey structure with a footprint of 66 square metres, containing the minimum necessary amenities for contemporary living. shotenkenchiku 4

GUI HOUSE Izumo Plain, Japan

Named Gui House, the building is located on the Izumo Plain in the Shimane Prefecture. The compact site is lined on one side by low trees and faces a neighbouring property on the other.

A horizontal window running along the length of the front facade is raised to a height of 90 centimetres above street level, restricting views into the living areas from outside and offering views out across the pastoral plain. shotenkenchiku 5

HAZUKASHI HOUSE Kyoto,Japan

Named Hazukashi House, the two-storey family residence was designed by local firm Alts Design Office to provide a family home. It is fronted by a white-rendered facade with a shallow-pitched roof.

Due to its narrow width, the building appears disproportionally tall. The architects chose to emphasise this characteristic by creating doorways, windows and shelving units that all share similar proportions.

„This is the space which connects the family‘s bonds and also achieves dynamic functions,“

explained architects Sumiou Mizumoto and Yoshitaka Kuga.

„It captures the light and diverse wind, while taking advantage of the antique material the client demanded,“ they added. shotenkenchiku 6

A mezzanine corridor overlooks the space from a storey above, linking children‘s rooms at the back with a master bedroom and study at the front.

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PIT HOUSE Tamano, Okayama

The house positions itself in Okayama Prefecture near Seto Inland Sea. The site is located on a terraced mountain hill that was developed as a residential land. The family is consisted of a married couple and a child.

We considered a new way of architecture on the site condition, where views are open towards the north and the ground level is one meter higher than the road level.

This time, we came up with a living form that accepts the outside environment such as surface of the terraced land, surrounding neighboring houses’ fences and walls, residences that sit along the slope and far beyond mountains.

The architectural principle is not a division from the land with a wall, but an interior that is an extension of the outside and connection of the surface like a pit dwelling that is undivided from the land.

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Materials which are used: mostly wood (they wanted to connect architecture and nature), concrete and glass. shotenkenchiku 10

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THINK ABOUT

DETAILS

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„The facade appears like a waterfall flowing downward, scattering light and filling the air with freshness“

Each of the walls is supported by a steel frame that follows the same spiralling succession as the windows, helping to bear the weight of the irregularly shaped structure. shotenkenchiku 13

„WE HAVE TO BASE ARCHITECTURE ON THE ENVIRONMENT.“ TOYO ITO

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