House in Amagasaki

House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano

HOUSE IN AMAGASAKI

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CATEGORY
Houses, Houses Interiors

LOCATION
Japan

AREA
427 m²

YEAR
2016

PHOTOGRAPHS
Kazushi Hirano

MANUFACTURERS
Kaldewei, Vectorworks, Gaggenau, Toto, Acor, IOC Flooring, LIXIL , nittai-kogyo, takachiho-shirasu

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Mitsumasa Sadakata

CONSTRUCTION
SEEDSCASA

LANDSCAPE
Araki Landscape Architectural Office, Yoshitaka Makimura

DESIGN TEAM
Mitsumasa Sadakata

STRUCTURE
Shigeru Tsuchiya

House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano

Text description provided by architect.

This house is for couples. The site is in the suburbs of Osaka City. There was a 70-year-old house on the site, but this time I was asked to demolish this house and rebuild a new wooden structure.

House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano

Usually, only the couple live in this house, but there are many opportunities to get together with relatives.

Whether it is used by only two people or when a large number of people gather, we have designed with just the right size and gentle separation of public and private.

House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano

The owner was also attached to his old house, and there was a request to keep as many trees in the garden as possible.

Although the house will be demolished, the trees in the garden can be brought closer to their lives, leaving the memory of the appearance of the former building.

House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano

In the place where the former building had its entrance, we created an outdoor lobby that connects the newly rebuilt house and the existing three-story house in a semi-outdoor environment.

House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano

It serves as a common entrance that gently connects the two households. The three-story house has been renovated and the son's family lives there.

House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano

Regarding the view of the garden, instead of looking over the entire garden, we make windows so that you can see it as a natural landscape cut out from each place.

House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano

From the front of the outdoor lobby, you can see the green reflected in the water from your feet so that you can see through the lattice, and in the entrance hall, you can see the green that spreads horizontally from the ground window.

The owner wanted the house to be unobtrusive and as comfortable as the landscape in the garden. We worked with the Araki Landscape Architectural Office to explore the relationship between garden and architecture.

House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano


House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano
House in Amagasaki
© Kazushi Hirano


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