Studio: IHRMK
Client: Private
Year: 2014
Type: Private House
Location: Toyota, Aichi, Japan
Collaborators:
Structural Engineer: Fujio and Associates
Builder: Marucho Home
Status: Completed
Photographer: UEDA Hiroshi
Publications:
Jutakutokushu 2014:12
Lives vol.82
&home vol.46
EDITION29 014
architecturephoto.net
ArchDaily
Dezeen
Designboom

Award:
Bronze A’ Design Award 2015

This house is located beside the roadside and features a layout that is both functional and aesthetically pleasing.

This photograph captures a distant shot of the house during dusk.

The second floor of the building features gaps in the ceiling frame that serve as high side windows for both ventilation and lighting purposes.

This photograph showcases the interior of the living section where vertical white planks decorate the walls and a stylish pendant light hangs above the pathway.

This image showcases the interior of the living section, featuring minimalist furniture and stylish hanging lights that add a touch of sophistication to the space.

This picture showcases a U-shaped staircase with wooden treads or railing, complemented by stylish wooden planks on the floor.

This picture showcases a beautiful wooden staircase leading up to the second floor.

Upon reaching the second floor, the viewer is treated to a panoramic view of the room and the entertainment areas.

The second floor boasts a spacious reading section with several large windows, providing ample natural light and offering a relaxing atmosphere for reading.

This picture showcases a small kitchen section featuring a clean white sink and suspended storage, with lovely views visible through the nearby windows.

This is a house for the family of three.

3 gate-shaped frames which compose wall, floor and ceiling are layered in tiers by 650mm for each direction. Outside lines of the surface of the wall and the ceiling are aligned with the inside lines, which makes internal and external eyes fall out smoothly. On the first floor, front room, living room, wood deck and garden form straight line toward the slope of tanada from north side.

The first floor also connects to the dining room and the reading room on the second floor, through the gap of the frame from south side. In the second floor, the gaps of the frame of the ceiling become high side window for ventilation and lighting. The some plastering boxes are put between frames appropriately. They are shoes closet, pantry and restroom and so on.

I answered the client requests; “we want to awake in the morning sunlight”, “we want to doze in the comfortable breeze”, “we want to feel the atmosphere of the family anywhere in the house” and “but, we need lots of storage room”. I feel that this house become “a passage of landscape” which can feel difference of light, wind, sound and width of the sky depending on the space and the inside and outside continue to the scenery.