Hearth Architects

Koka House

KOKA HOUSE

Hearth Architects

Koka House
© Yuta Yamada

DESIGN TEAM
Hearth Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Yuta Yamada

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Yoshitaka Kuga

AREA
105 m²

LOCATION
Japan

CATEGORY
Houses

YEAR
2019

Koka House
© Yuta Yamada

Text description provided by architect.

The house is located at the end of T junction and surrounded by roads on three sides.

The client wants to open a small coffee shop in the future. So, I made two delta roofs like a coffee shop in a mountain hut.

One space is for private and the another is for half public. I connected the two spaces gently.

Koka House
© Yuta Yamada
Koka House
© Yuta Yamada
Koka House
© Yuta Yamada

There’re an open kitchen which the client can use for a coffee shop in the future and floor mold living in the first space. There’re a living , plumbing ,and living space, where the client can protect privacy.

I clarified the line of flow for life. I could make a house where the client can protect privacy but where the half public space and the city are connected each other gently.

The exterior appearance with two delta roofs of the house is icon in the town.

Koka House
© Yuta Yamada
Koka House
© Yuta Yamada

The trees in the garden will grow thickly and external wall by the burned cedar will decay well.

The house will blend with the street when the client open a coffee shop in the future.

Koka House
© Yuta Yamada


Koka House
Koka House
Koka House
© Yuta Yamada


Koka House
Arrangement Plan
Koka House
Ground and first floor plans


Koka House
Elevation and section

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