L House

L House
© Masato Kawano

L HOUSE

TSC Architects

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Gifu, Japan

ARCHITECTS
TSC Architects

AREA
171 m²

YEAR
2016

PHOTOGRAPHS
Masato Kawano

MANUFACTURERS
Aica, ADVAN, IOC Flooring, Jw-CAD, KITCHEN MIND

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Yoshiaki Tanaka

DESIGN TEAM
TSC Architects

L House
© Masato Kawano
L House
© Masato Kawano

Text description provided by architect.

This house is located next to the intersection along the main road in Toki City, Gifu Prefecture. We thought to acquire diverse living space by connecting boxes of various heights to the L type with respect to the L-shaped site.

L House
© Masato Kawano
L House
© Masato Kawano

In thinking about design, we are gaining ideas from property and locality of the site.

L House
© Masato Kawano
L House
© Masato Kawano

The land was felt to be a consideration to consider such as the shape and orientation of the L-shaped site (North of the L-shaped north), the shadow from the neighbor, the sight line, the traffic volume, and so on.

L House
© Masato Kawano
L House
© Masato Kawano

Since there was a lot of traffic on the northeast side road, we had to pay attention to noise and privacy, so we set back from the road surface and set an open garden at the corner of the intersection to make a buffer zone.

L House
© Masato Kawano
L House
© Masato Kawano
L House
© Masato Kawano

This building is placed in the L shape to check the shadows from the southern neighbor and avoid the most shadowing position.

L House
© Masato Kawano
L House
© Masato Kawano

This "L type" is able to create a garden that escaped from the hustle and bustle of the road, and is conscious of being positively connected to the external space. The flow line of the family faces the garden and it is L letter, and a series of boxes appear in appearance by connecting the place of various height there.

The approach space on the road side with less traffic volume is a covered gated and it can be used as a place to be used for many purposes (barbecue, children's playground, rainy day parking). This approach space also fulfills the role of connecting the garden and the house to the city.

L House
© Masato Kawano


L House
Second Floor Plan
L House
First Floor Plan


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Sections
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