House of Yoshikawaminami

House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano

HOUSE OF YOSHIKAWAMINAMI

Wipe

CATEGORY
Mixed Use Architecture, Houses

LOCATION
Yoshikawa, Japan

ARCHITECTS
Wipe

AREA
202 m²

YEAR
2016

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Takashi Nabeshima, Kazuyuki Teraoka

PHOTOGRAPHS
Toshiyuki Yano

STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Komatsu Structural Design

MANUFACTURERS
Toto, Chiyoda ute, HONEST AND PARTNERS, LIXIL , Lilycolor, Nissin-EX,
SHIKOKU CHEMICALS, Sanwa Company, TSUKIBOSHI, Takara Standard

House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano

Text description provided by architect.

This architecture is the husband's popular Chinese restaurant, his wife's hair salon and their home. In the case where each store in a different business format and a private residence coexist, the 1st floor is each store and the 2nd floor is their house.

House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano

The gable roof type was divided into two to create a courtyard, and each store had a good sense of distance.

House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano

The residential section on the second floor was created to create a sense of unity in the private area by seeing through the line of sight. This architecture is gently connected to the whole through the courtyard.

House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano

The courtyard is not only as a buffer for the 1st floor store, but also have functions as a place for communication that is open to the customers of each store and the local people.

House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano

The 2nd floor is a U-shaped space with almost no partitions. However, it is planned that the lines of sight will not intersect directly by providing a height difference of 600 mm in the east and west.

House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano

Even in the residential area, the family members feel each other's presence, but they are gently connected to each other while maintaining a good sense of distance.

The ceiling of the living room has a dynamic conoid curved surface by hanging the beam that reversing the roof slope from north to south. Below that, the family gathers and is crowded, creating a rich space with simple operations.

House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano

The family gathers and buzzes under this ceiling. This architecture creates a rich space by simple operation. This is a "Nicoichi (two for one)" architecture that is like two buildings that are gently connected to each other.


House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano
House of Yoshikawaminami
© Toshiyuki Yano


House of Yoshikawaminami
East Elevation
House of Yoshikawaminami
South Elevation
House of Yoshikawaminami
West Elevation
House of Yoshikawaminami
North Elevation


House of Yoshikawaminami
Section A
House of Yoshikawaminami
Section B


House of Yoshikawaminami
Ground Floor Plan

House of Yoshikawaminami
First Floor Plan

House of Yoshikawaminami
Site Plan