This wood structure house design is located within a calm village near Nagoya, Japan. This original project was done by Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio for a young couple in near Nagoya, and the architectural building of this house was designed to respect for and harmonize with neighboring environment. This characteristic pentagonal geometry of plan was delivered to have the maximum space in this site and adequate open space around it. And to think about how to live under the second landscape, pentagonal hipped roof.
Five main structural walls were set in radially, and it makes possible to take in the outside spaces as extension of interior spaces. In the center of the architecture, radial walls were cut off in dome shape, to make space for a dining table. Here, under the peak of the landscape, the house have tall ceiling height and whole families can enjoy their dishes all together and wide range views to gardens. In 5 surrounding spaces with low ceiling height, under the skirts of the landscape, people can stay calm and relax with appropriate distance from others, just like a life in our traditional house.
Besides delivering this characteristic geometry ( it is a kind of technology) to the plan of this architecture, we tried to use the most usual wooden structure system what most Japanese houses are constructed nowadays. Walls were finished with round corner in Japanese traditional white plaster.
Location: Tsushima city, Aichi pref. JAPAN
Program: private housing / Aichi pref.
Structure: wood
Site area: 692.63 sq.
Built area: 87.73sq.
Designer: Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio
Structure engineer: Mitsuda Structural Consultants
Construction: HATANOKOUMUTEN Co,. Ltd.
Photo: Shinichi Watanabe
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