Form Kouichi Kimura Architects

Framing House

Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada

FRAMING HOUSE

FORM | Kouichi Kimura Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Yoshihiro Asada

AREA
127.0 m²

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Japan

CATEGORY
Houses

Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada

Text description provided by architect.

The client requested to have a space that can be used as a gallery in the house in addition to the habitable space. The request triggered creation of characteristic spaces within the building.

Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada

The characteristic passage laid out from the street through the back of the building functions as the line of flow to the habitable space and the gallery.

The passage space frames the courtyard connected to the back, giving perspective to the external appearance.

Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada

Moreover, as a semi-open-air space, it allows multipurpose use while playing a role of linking the habitable space and the gallery, which makes the living spaces richer.

While the spaces are separated and independent from each other, the framed openings created on the wall allow continuous sightline between these spaces.

These openings have been designed so that the residents feel the atmosphere from each other.

Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada

At the upstairs habitable space, the windows, bookshelves, storages, as well as the rooms, are framed and separated by exquisite colors and minimum shapes, yielding to the space a sense of linkage and distance.

Consisting of the semi-outdoor passage space, gallery, and habitable space, all of which are framed and depict themselves, the house creates affluent linkage within the living spaces.

Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada


Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada
Framing House
© Yoshihiro Asada


Framing House
Ground Floor Plan
Framing House
First Floor Plan


Framing House
Section A-A
Framing House
Section B-B

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