Home in Hantsuki / Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates

Textual content description supplied by the architects. The positioning is surrounded by factories, parking tons, and fields. The consumer requested that the home be each “closed” to make sure privateness and “open” to the backyard. The positioning is a flagpole-shaped lot that was subdivided from his dad and mom’ land.

We positioned a small strip of quantity within the alley portion of the flagpole website and deliberate a structure by which a number of strips of quantity are related towards the again of the positioning. We proposed to keep away from the prevailing plantings and create a brand new backyard in the back of the positioning. The lengthy and slim strips overlap within the rooms the place many individuals collect, and they’re used as a large house for numerous functions.

To cut back the sensation of oppression within the neighborhood, to safe privateness, and to acquire daylight within the fields, a sloping roof was ado
pted and set low towards the encircling space. The house between the roofs is open to permit the skin atmosphere to enter.

On the primary ground, life in the home extends into the exterior atmosphere, together with the fields and backyard, whereas on the second ground (bedrooms), when sleeping or sitting, the view of the sky expands whereas blocking the encircling view and the constructing. The connection to numerous exterior environments similar to “floor” and “sky” is realized in a single constructing, which enriches life on this place.