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Ina no ie Residence

Ina no ie Residence
© Kaori Ichikawa
Ina no ie Residence
© Kaori Ichikawa

INA NO IE RESIDENCE

Horibe Naoko Architect Office / Naoko Horibe

ARCHITECTS
Horibe Naoko Architect Office / Naoko Horibe

PHOTOGRAPHS
Kaori Ichikawa

AREA
111.85 m2

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Osaka-shi, Japan

CATEGORY
Houses 

Text description provided by architect.

This is a three-story steel-frame construction residence with atelier for a couple, who are both writers. The first floor is used primarily as their work space; second and third floors as residence.

Ina no ie Residence
© Kaori Ichikawa
Ina no ie Residence
© Kaori Ichikawa

Land in this area went up for sale several decades ago, and many of the surrounding houses are low-rise buildings, adopting lateral coving for siding with similar color tone. We were conscious to make external appearance of this new three-story house fit into the environment.

The method gives unique expression to the house with shadow of each fold changing along with the sun's movements.

Same sized windows are placed in bedrooms and through stairways, making the floor levels ambiguous, thus moderating the voluminousness of three-story building.

Ina no ie Residence
© Kaori Ichikawa
Ina no ie Residence
© Kaori Ichikawa

The open ceiling portion of the second floor LDK and sunlight coming from the stairway windows give the feeling of togetherness even when family members are on different floors.

From the balcony, a half story above the third floor, you can relax looking far away, without worrying about being watched. This house is perfect as a place for living as well as a workplace for writing.

Ina no ie Residence
© Kaori Ichikawa


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