Horibe Associates Co., Ltd.

House In Yamakawa

House In Yamakawa
© Kaori Ichikawa
House In Yamakawa
© Kaori Ichikawa

HOUSE IN YAMAKAWA

Naoko Horibe

ARCHITECTS
Naoko Horibe

AREA
151.14 m²

YEAR
2012

LOCATION
Tokushima, japan

CATEGORY
Houses

House In Yamakawa
© Kaori Ichikawa
House In Yamakawa
© Kaori Ichikawa

Text description provided by architect.

This home sits on a road that gets a surprising amount of traffic given how narrow it is.

House In Yamakawa
© Kaori Ichikawa
House In Yamakawa
© Kaori Ichikawa

To minimize the noise from cars and to ensure privacy, the architects concentrated storage spaces along the side of the house facing the road and added a hallway as a further buffer shielding the main rooms.

In contrast, large windows open from each room onto the spacious back garden, giving many different views of the cherry blossom trees, expansive paddy landscape, and mountain range beyond.

House In Yamakawa
© Kaori Ichikawa
House In Yamakawa
© Kaori Ichikawa

Bent in a V-shape to follow the curve of the road, the house echoes the form of the distant mountains.


House In Yamakawa
© Kaori Ichikawa
House In Yamakawa
© Kaori Ichikawa
House In Yamakawa
© Kaori Ichikawa


House In Yamakawa
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House In Yamakawa
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