House In Keyaki

House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa

HOUSE IN KEYAKI

Snark + Ouvi

ARCHITECTS 
Snark + Ouvi

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Tokyo, Japan

AREA
10313.0 m²

PHOTOGRAPHS
Ippei Shinzawa

YEAR
2012

Text description provided by architect.

Honjyo-shi is a small area located in Saitama Prefecture. It is an hour and a half by car from Tokyo, Japan.

House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa
House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa

Almost all residents here always use their own cars when they go somewhere because there is no available public transportation like trains and buses.

This means that we need to consider providing parking spaces when building new houses within this area.

House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa
House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa

First, when we thought the outline of this house, we allotted the proper setbacks within the site. From this, we came up with a car parking space and a small garden.

At the same time, we could get enough sunlight from every directions. Second, we designed 3 narrow windows on the south, east and west side of the house.

House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa
House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa

Then we designed triangle voids in front of these windows on the second floor. These voids provided visual connections to the outside and inside of the house.

And people inside this house can anticipate the presence of each other within different spaces or rooms.You could feel how the sunlight changes anytime as well as the changes in season.

House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa
House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa
House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa

Finally, we set some furniture on the border of the triangle voids and each places.

The inner space of this architecture is divided into smaller spaces and it can be adjusted depending on the resident's preference.

House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa


House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa
House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa
House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa
House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa
House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa
House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa
House In Keyaki
© Ippei Shinzawa


House In Keyaki
Floor Plan
House In Keyaki
Floor Plan
House In Keyaki
Floor Plan


House In Keyaki
Elevation
House In Keyaki
Elevation