
House in Gokurakuji
ARCHITECTS
Naoya Kawabe Architect & Associates
PHOTOGRAPHS
Shinkenchiku Sha
AREA
70 M²
YEAR
2013
LOCATION
Kamakura, Japan
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
I move from Kamakura Station to the residential area by a train. I pass through the small tunnel covered by trees.
I wanted to make a building which was connected to the remote sea while having these topography and scenery and relation.
Then I appear in many places of green preserved in the mountain. I go down the station, and a flat way spreads out.
A site looks like the valley along the slant when I go up the slope of the immediate slant.
Because the frontal road is a dead end, there is little traffic. The sound of the wave to hear stimulates the five senses subtly by a fragrance and the direction of the wind of the tide.
When I came for the first time, I thought of a slope and green and the sea connected continually from the ground.
I wanted to make a building which was connected to the remote sea while having these topography and scenery and relation.
