House In Iizuka

House In Iizuka
© Koichi Torimura
House In Iizuka
© Koichi Torimura

HOUSE IN IIZUKA

Rhythmdesign

ARCHITECTS
Rhythmdesign

FUNITURE
E&Y Co.,Ltd.

SUPPORT
Forza

MAIN CONTRACTOR
Ikohouse corporation

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Kuroiwa Structural Engineers

PHOTOGRAPHS
Koichi Torimura

SITE AREA
395.93m2

AREA
69 m²x

YEAR
2011

LOCATION
Iizuka, Japan

CATEGORY
Houses

This two-stories residence with wooden structure is located in a town by an hour drive from Fukuoka city, in southern part of Japan.

House In Iizuka
© Koichi Torimura
House In Iizuka
© Koichi Torimura

The family aimed to get various places in a site which has a shape of an umbrella or an arrow. We proposed to create diverse topography in the house, and each space is facing to surroundings equally.

At the beginning of this project, a client and we were looking for a site to build the house. Then, the client found a site which has shape of 100m2 triangle with 3m wide and 30m long frontage road.

House In Iizuka
© Koichi Torimura
House In Iizuka
© Koichi Torimura
House In Iizuka
© Koichi Torimura

The shape of the site resembles an umbrella or an allow. When we had first site visit, a lot of neighbors came out and gave us information about the site.

The information from the neighbors was a wide range of topics, for instance, there are good neighbors around there and all the houses around the site are elevated about 60cm from front road because the road was flooded few times by heavy rains stroke the site occasionally.

The client told us that they do not need Living room and dining is in center of the family, and each one of the family spend their time separately but feels signs each other.

House In Iizuka
© Koichi Torimura
House In Iizuka
© Koichi Torimura
House In Iizuka
© Koichi Torimura

So the client wished to get diversity of places in the site.

As a result, the house is facing towards every neighbors equally, and dining room is located in center of the house which can be seen from every room.


House In Iizuka
© Koichi Torimura
House In Iizuka
© Koichi Torimura
House In Iizuka
© Koichi Torimura


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