Bookshelf House

BOOKSHELF HOUSE

Shinsuke Fujii Architects

Bookshelf House
© Tsukui Teruaki

AREA
86 m²

PHOTOGRAPHS
Tsukui Teruaki

YEAR
2014

MANUFACTURERS
Koizumi, Lixil Corporation, Toto, Acor

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Shinsuke Fujii

LOCATION
Japan

CATEGORY
Houses

Bookshelf House
© Tsukui Teruaki
Bookshelf House
© Tsukui Teruaki

Text description provided by architect.

By making the wall diagonal, a new easy-to-use bookshelf integrated with the building was born.

Because all the shelves of the bookshelf are inclined, children, women and old people can easily climb without a ladder, and books of high position can be easily taken out and put in.

Bookshelf House
© Tsukui Teruaki
Bookshelf House
© Tsukui Teruaki

In addition, books don't collapse when an earthquake occurs.

In Japan where rain often falls, oblique walls play a role as a roof of approach to the entrance.

Bookshelf House
© Tsukui Teruaki
Bookshelf House
© Tsukui Teruaki

The vertical side plate is used as the pillar (38X235@455) of the structure.

The horizontal shelf functions to prevent buckling of 4 m long pillars. From the viewpoint of a safe bookshelf, a new relationship of housing - structure - bookshelf has been created.

Bookshelf House
© Tsukui Teruaki
Bookshelf House
© Tsukui Teruaki
Bookshelf House
© Tsukui Teruaki


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