Sapporo

House Vision

House Vision
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HOUSE VISION

Jun Igarashi Architects

AREA
81632 m²

PHOTOGRAPHS
Anna Nagai

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Koto, Japan

YEAR
2016

Text description provided by architect.

When thinking about the window, we decided to reconsider the form and composition of the window as an element, thinking that there is an infinite possibility in the “cross-section” of a window.

House Vision
© Anna Nagai
House Vision
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The "window" which is the boundary between the inside (architectural space) and the outside (context)is now taken as a new element in it’s section.

If we look the cross section of a window with a microscope we can find a lot of new small spaces that connect the interior with the exterior.

House Vision
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House Vision
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This spaces can connect “people with architecture”, “people and context” and also “people with people”.

For this project we proposed the main entrance of the house like a living room.

The cross-section of the door or “window” has a new expanded width that allows a new space to be created and inhabited.

House Vision
© Anna Nagai
House Vision
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House Vision
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In this space, the limits of “inside and outside” becomes a new “in between” space with furniture and architecture.

As you enter the window, there is a new space to experience.

By creating this new cross-section, we also find a diverse place where the boundaries between inside and outside are reborn into a complete new concept.

House Vision
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House Vision
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House Vision
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House Vision
© Anna Nagai
House Vision
© Anna Nagai
House Vision
© Anna Nagai
House Vision
© Anna Nagai
House Vision
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House Vision
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House Vision
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House Vision
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House Vision
© Anna Nagai
House Vision
© Anna Nagai
House Vision
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House Vision
© Anna Nagai
House Vision
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House Vision
© Anna Nagai


House Vision
Plan

Sapporo
Sapporo
Doi Bld.3F, 15-3-6, Odori NIshi, Chuo-ku Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, Japan ZIP 060-0042