Window House

Thu Feb 20, 2014HousesJapan2013Purism, FunctionalismYasutaka Yoshimura Architects

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

Window House

Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects

ARCHITECTS
Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Yasutaka Yoshimura

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Japan

CATEGORY
Houses

A weekend house facing to the Sagami Bay with view to Mt. Fuji and Enoshima.

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

The site is just 3 x 8m with 60% of footprint, and the building has become 3 stories almost automatically because the ground floor had to be a piloti by consideration of the storm surge.

It seemed difficult to avoid blocking the view of the neighborhood behind.

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

So I designed a large openings both at the sea-side and the road side in order to keep the view passing through the building during the absence of the owner.

And there is a view to the mountains at the road-side indeed.

It stands between land and sea and became a house as a window to see through each other.

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

Window House — Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura

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Window House — Sections

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