Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates

House in Ashiya

House in Ashiya
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House in Ashiya

Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates

CONSTRUCTION TEAM
Yamamoto Koumuten  

LEAD ARCHITECT
Kazunori Fujimoto 

DESIGN TEAM
Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates, Kazunori Fujimoto, Andrea Ferri

ENGINEERING
Eiken Structural Consultants, Eiichi Tsumura

AREA
88 M²

YEAR
2019 

LOCATION
Ashiya, Japan  

CATEGORY
Houses 

Text description provided by architect.

The site is located at the foot of Mt. Rokko, blessed with the green scenery of the mountain.

House in Ashiya
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House in Ashiya
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The traffic on the frontal road, which is also a sightseeing route, is a little heavy, and the next house blocks the view.

The house would be better where each person can have a sense of distance and relationship with each other.

House in Ashiya
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House in Ashiya
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Also, it would be better the relationship between the inside-outside space is the same as the relationship between the family.

This house strongly expresses the geometrical composition. Two squares make a constriction in a one-room space.

House in Ashiya
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House in Ashiya
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On the second floor, a cross-wall divides the square. On the first floor, it is divided to make recesses of the house.

Maintaining the spatial purity, we carefully considered the layout and dimensions of each architectural element to lead the ambiguous relationship between inside and outside spaces, and also between the families.

House in Ashiya
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House in Ashiya
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The unique spiral staircase (the center of the stair is a straight line) is useful to make minimal area for the stairs and corridor.

Its size is the smallest in the plan. By the reason the thickness of the slab is minimum, the space under the stairs can use as a corridor.

This spiral staircase serves as a partition between the entrance and the bedroom. The curved surface of this concrete spiral staircase gives softness to rigid space.

House in Ashiya
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House in Ashiya
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House in Ashiya
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This sculptural geometric form goes beyond the function and becomes the Yorishiro (object in which a spirit draw), which symbolizes the unity of the family in this house.


House in Ashiya
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House in Ashiya
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House in Ashiya
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House in Ashiya
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House in Ashiya
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House in Ashiya
Courtesy of Kazunori Fujimoto


House in Ashiya
Floor Plans
House in Ashiya
Stairs Detail


House in Ashiya
Section
House in Ashiya
Axonometry

Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates
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