Sequence Of L walls

Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura

SEQUENCE OF L WALLS

Ikeda Yukie Ono Toshiharu Architects

MANUFACTURERS
New Light Pottery, Kyoei Mokuzai, Nuprotec, Osmo

PHOTOGRAPHS
Koichi Torimura

AREA
87 m²

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Shimonoseki, Japan

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

A couple retired to the countryside. As newcomers, they wished to be open and contribute to their new community.

Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura

Following this idea, the house was planned to be open and public, centering on the retired preschool teacher wife’s picture book collection, a simple hall for the husband, a flute player, and a garden, without a wall, like a park.

To support this open lifestyle in the long term, we also were careful to make private spaces for the couple.

Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura

The property itself features a quiet bamboo grove and a stream to the north, and a sunny path in the south.

To bring a feeling of abundance to the beautiful piece of land, we created a multipurpose space that had a feeling of progression, of unfolding.

Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura

Animals are said to relax best in a space that provides both prospect and refuge. We tried to create such a space.

Firstly, we placed L-shaped walls that defined spaces simply and shifted them slightly to make crevices between the L walls and thus create views.

Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura

The functions were placed along the ridge of the roof so that privacy increases in the back and openness increases in front.

Acoustic requirements specified the gable roof, and under that to the left and right along the axis of the ridge, L walls overlap and provide a natural refuge.

Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura

Through the crevices between the L walls, light, wind, greenery and people come and go.

This will support the couple’s new life, in tune with their surroundings.

Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura


Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura


Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura
Sequence Of L walls
© Koichi Torimura


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