Suppose Design recently finished a family house In Obama, in the Fukui prefecture on the sea of Japan. The site, situated near the beach, posed climatic problems such as damage from the sea breeze. The client (the director of a clinic opposite the house) wished to combine openness on the ground floor to allow for parking spaces for his clients with more protected first floor living spaces.
Kitchen space, bathrooms, study corners and storage are strategically placed at the perimeter of the site to form a buffer around the living areas and bedrooms to protect them from the harsh climate. Light and air are allowed in through the insertion of courtyards with glass-framed walls between the rooms. It opposes the notion of letting the outside world in and offers an intimate controlled environment, but one that can be very open at the same time.
The house is very spacious within the Japanese context, the built areas measure 171 square meters. This size allowed for generously sized rooflights and courtyards, to ensure a flood of natural light throughout the house. The open character of the first floor was created by using a supporting steel structure, held up by reinforced concrete elements on the ground floor.
Images by Toshiyuki Yano
Test by An Michiels for Yatzer
4 comments:
A bit on the "trying to be formally perfect but not quite achieving it" side for me, although beautiful. And I don't fall for the shoebox outside too much.
Boy, I don't like anything tonite... Let's hit the sack!
I love it. Love the box-look on the outside and the windows on the ceiling. Clever design for a house in a city with lots of privacy:)
You are right about privacy, indeed. But I hope this is not the only view the patients have from their clinic room across the street...
How !!! wonderful home. And where the bedroom ??????? Kiss
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