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House in Nagatoro

House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki

House in Nagatoro

CASE-REAL

ARCHITECTS
Case-real

DESIGN
Koichi Futatusmata, Yasushi 

LIGHTING PLAN
Branch lighting design

MANUFACTURE OF FURNITURE
E&y Co.Ltd.

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Ohno Japan

PHOTOGRAPHS
Hiroshi Mizusaki

AREA
119 m²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Saitama, Japan

CATEGORY
Houses

House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki

Text description provided by architect.

This is a residential plan in the Chichibu area of the Saitama prefecture.

House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki

With the beautiful silhouettes of the Mt. Kamafuse in the background, the site is located within a farming land rich of fields.

This residential house consists of 2 views, the outer is an objective one of the mountains and housing structure, the other is a subjective view from inside of the house.

House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki

The roof may look like a simple gabled roof, instead it is a combination of two shed roofs in different length and height connected with an adjusted angle.

This gives the volume of the structure seen from the West side where the approach is, to naturally follow the silhouette of the mountains.

Also the beautiful mountains are used as a borrowed scenery looking from the inside through the windows in the volume of the opposite East side.

House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki

The wide hallway running through the two volumes functions as the axis to connect the private and public spaces of this house.

House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki


House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki


House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki
House in Nagatoro
© Hiroshi Mizusaki


House in Nagatoro
Floor Plan
House in Nagatoro
Floor Plan

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