Yha Architects Co.,Ltd

YNH

YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi

YNH

yujin HIRASE + yHa architects

ARCHITECTS
yujin HIRASE + yHa architects

AREA
37.0 m2

LOCATON
Tokyo, Japan

CATEGORY
Houses

YEAR
2010

PHOTOGRAPHS
Takeshi Yamagishi

Text description provided by architect.

I thought mainly how to connect with time axis of surrounding history of the site that a military commander made a "fort" during the Age of Civil Wars (15-16th century) .

YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi
YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi

The site of north/west is road and south/east is the neighboring house, so the major theme is the way of taking a sunlight.

I designed 3-floor void as "light-tube" by analogy of "fort" like Scotish Tower-House.

YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi
YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi

The room on each floor are arranged around "light-tube" like a square in the house and the inner-opening facing the void make a role as linking by one's eyes between the room.

The facade has "autonomously" opening system grid-like continuous pattern and its size are "heteronomously" translated in relation to views or surrounding environment or interior function.

By putting opening continuously in a height of eye-level and designing the details of opening frame close to frame-less, our eyes go through inside and outside although narrow space so we don't feel the oppression.

YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi
YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi

The room has same specifications that is exchangeable for other functions. I proposed the "prototype" architecture by grasping the delicate differences of surrounding environment.

In considering the context with the surrounding environment, in Japan I think the ground is texture or color of the structures for public use (e.g. road) these are remaining almost same in the future more than the form or place of opening of surrounding architecture.

YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi
YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi

I designed this architecture like "fort" in the city continuously from the texture or color of road in front of this site.


YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi
YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi
YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi
YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi
YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi
YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi
YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi
YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi
YNH
© Takeshi Yamagishi


YNH
drawings

Yha Architects Co.,Ltd
T +81 50 34785444 F +81 50 37373405
Yha Architects Co.,Ltd
8-18-3B, Reisen-Machi, Hakata, Fukuoka 812-0039, Japan