Kazuki Moroe Architects

House in Okazaki

House in Okazaki
© Kai Nakamura

House in Okazaki

Kazuki Moroe Architects

GARDEN DESIGN
Yasutoshi Sakurai, Sakurai Zoukeisha

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Tatsumi Terado Structural Studio

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Maruhei Kensetsu Co.ltd

PHOTOGRAPHS
Kai Nakamura, Hiroshi Tanigawa

AREA
122 M²

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Okazaki, Japan

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

There is a stream on the south side of the site, cherry trees are lined along the bank. There was a retaining wall of tuff between the road and the site.

House in Okazaki
© Kai Nakamura
House in Okazaki
© Kai Nakamura

I wanted to make the topography of such steps continue to the house. The resident is an old married couple and son.

The first floor is wide to allow all of the life of the couple. By lifting the floor of the second floor a little, light is taken in center of the 1st floor often becomes dark.

House in Okazaki
© Kai Nakamura

You can exchange of gaze from the gap of the floor, can keep the relationship between people.

Furthermore, lifting Staircase roof of the center, it functions as the ventilation tower. Some stainless boards are attached on the outer walls, and some mirrors are attached on the inner walls.

House in Okazaki
© Kai Nakamura

The green of a garden is reflected in the stainless steel boards and the mirrors. The space is expanded like trompe l'oeil.

By having various depth which range from the urban scale such as bank and retaining wall to life scale such as inside a small window and mirrors, I wanted to achieve transparency suitable for the house.

House in Okazaki
© Hiroshi Tanigawa


House in Okazaki
© Hiroshi Tanigawa
House in Okazaki
© Kai Nakamura


House in Okazaki
© Hiroshi Tanigawa
House in Okazaki
© Hiroshi Tanigawa
House in Okazaki
© Kai Nakamura
House in Okazaki
© Kai Nakamura
House in Okazaki
© Hiroshi Tanigawa


House in Okazaki
First Floor Plan
House in Okazaki
Upper Floor Plan


House in Okazaki
Section

Kazuki Moroe Architects
Kazuki Moroe Architects
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