Yamamori Architect & Associates
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Akiyoshi Fukuzawa |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Akiyoshi Fukuzawa |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Akiyoshi Fukuzawa |
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Each room has a different character.
The entrance on the first floor has an open-feeling like an exterior space because it is almost all glass. The work-room can be called ‘borrowed scenery space’. The horizontal window of this room is set at eye-level and the level of the long counter and the courtyard floor is about the same to create a sense of continuity.
The entrance on the first floor has an open-feeling like an exterior space because it is almost all glass. The work-room can be called ‘borrowed scenery space’. The horizontal window of this room is set at eye-level and the level of the long counter and the courtyard floor is about the same to create a sense of continuity.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Akiyoshi Fukuzawa |
Even though the second floor is a ‘Closed’ space, the light and wind can be felt from the top-light and the courtyard.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Akiyoshi Fukuzawa |
The stair-room has plenty of natural daylight from the side-light and this light reaches right down to the entrance on the first floor. All the rooms are facing the courtyard and have a 3200mm ceiling height to realize the sense of openness and to accommodate the loft space. The washroom, bathroom and the toilet also have a top light to take in the daylight and the wind. The third floor is actually like an outside space which is released from the horizon but successfully obtains a second horizon.The sequence with the outside was emphasized by the light ‘floating’ steel roof and this lightness dissolves the existence of the roof. I wanted the feeling of a subtle distance from the ground and to create another world. In other words, I wanted to create a space where we can feel the cityscape is like a landscape by obtaining ‘scenery’, ‘light’, ‘wind’ and ‘airiness’.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Akiyoshi Fukuzawa |
I wanted to express a way to feel nature abstractly and fundamentally in the city. Not just considering the site conditions, surrounding environment and program of the building but also I wanted to realize a space where the scenery, the direction of light and the flow of the wind changes.
I am hoping that this liveliness will be able to show how the space, which is closed to the city actually feels very open.
Description from the Architects:
I am hoping that this liveliness will be able to show how the space, which is closed to the city actually feels very open.
Description from the Architects:
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| Photo © Courtesy of Akiyoshi Fukuzawa |
Project Data
Project name: House-S
Location: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Program: Single family house
Site Area: 73.56 m2
Project name: House-S
Location: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Program: Single family house
Site Area: 73.56 m2
Building Area: 42.75 m2
Total Floor Area: 122.88 m2
Design year: August 2001 - January 2002
Design year: August 2001 - January 2002
Construction year: March 2002 - August 2002
Structural System: Reinforced Concrete
Structural System: Reinforced Concrete
Number of Stories: 3 stories
Major Materials: Exposed concrete, aluminum sash, glass, Japanese cypress flooring
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Photographs: © Akiyoshi Fukuzawa
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