Kiyoaki ​Takeda Architects

House With 6 Annexes

House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)

HOUSE WITH 6 ANNEXES

Kiyoaki Takeda Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Masaki Hamada (kkpo)

PROJECT MANAGER
Achirabe, Dai Akabane

LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
Atsuo Ota, Acid Nature 0220

FURNITURE DESIGNER
Sign Craft, Hideo Minamikawa

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
ASA, Akira Suzuki

BUILDING SURVEY
Takashi Kakizaki, Office 21

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNER
Erika Endo

YEAR
2019

AREA
208 m²

LOCATION
Japan

CATEGORY
Renovation

House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)
House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)

Text description provided by architect.

The site is located in a town surrounded by rich nature in Nagano, Japan.

House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)
House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)

It is a project to renovate a historic residence for an elderly couple.

Large enclosure of existing building was decomposed and each part has been scattered to form an “assemblage” of small buildings.

House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)
House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)
House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)

The “assemblage” delivers crossings between inside and outside, offering a new daily routine connected with surrounded “wild” nature.

At this particular site, an underground cellar, shelter and well were preserved from ancient time but were not in use.

The space contained site-specific atmosphere like a cave, and filled with earth thermal that keeps constant room temperature throughout the year.

House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)
House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)
House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)

Keeping this unique character, by stacking additional structure on top of the underground spaces, I designed new architecture - new layer connecting ancient, present and future life.

The additional structure is transparent like a glass pavilion, functioning as environmental construction to keep underground condition sanitary by natural lighting and ventilation.

Also, its light-weight structure with units of 50x50mm steel was considered for easy assembling by man power, especially at site with uneven landscape.

House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)
House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)
House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)

House with 6 annexes is a “future living environment,” standing on its preserved ancient life and allowing itself to now begin a new “wild life” closer to nature.


House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)
House With 6 Annexes
© Masaki Hamada (kkpo)


House With 6 Annexes
Plan
House With 6 Annexes
Annex of greenhouse

Kiyoaki ​Takeda Architects
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Kiyoaki ​Takeda Architects
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