Split House

Split House
© Tsukui Teruaki

SPLIT HOUSE

Shinsuke Fujii Architects

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Shinsuke Fujii

CONTRACTOR
Sanryo Engineering Firm

MANUFACTURERS
Koizumi, Nakamura Corporation, Panasonic, Toto

STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Shuji Tada Structural Consultant

DESIGN ENGINEER
Masayo Fujii

PHOTOGRAPHS
Tsukui Teruaki

AREA
90 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Japan

CATEGORY
Houses

Urban housing for DINKS. The client requested a large DOMA space for a café to be opened in the future.

Split House
© Tsukui Teruaki
Split House
© Tsukui Teruaki

A large window was made on the street side to allow light and air to pass through, while a closed area was created to protect the couple's privacy from each other, and a tunnel-like open space was created to connect to the city.

A wood-burning stove is installed on the DOMA floor on the lowest floor, and together with a chimney that penetrates the atrium, it warms the entire building.

Split House
© Tsukui Teruaki
Split House
© Tsukui Teruaki
Split House
© Tsukui Teruaki

The plan also includes a high side on the west side, which does not rely on lighting fixtures that constantly drop natural light into the DOMA space on the first floor, even in a closed residential area.

Aiming to minimize the use of air conditioning in the summer, soft light from the high sidelights pours into the earthen floor space, changing in various ways depending on the season and time of day.


Split House
© Tsukui Teruaki
Split House
© Tsukui Teruaki
Split House
© Tsukui Teruaki
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Plan - Ground Floor

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Plan - 1st Floor
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