Naoya Kawabe Architects Co., Ltd.

House in Gokurakuji

House in Gokurakuji
© Shinkenchiku Sha

House in Gokurakuji

Naoya Kawabe Architect & Associates

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.

House in Gokurakuji
© Shinkenchiku Sha
House in Gokurakuji
© Shinkenchiku Sha

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.

House in Gokurakuji
© Shinkenchiku Sha
House in Gokurakuji
© Shinkenchiku Sha

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. 

House in Gokurakuji
© Shinkenchiku Sha
House in Gokurakuji
© Shinkenchiku Sha
House in Gokurakuji
© Shinkenchiku Sha

I wanted to make a building which was connected to the remote sea while having these topography and scenery and relation.


House in Gokurakuji
© Shinkenchiku Sha
House in Gokurakuji
© Shinkenchiku Sha


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Naoya Kawabe Architects Co., Ltd.
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