*화이트 볼륨 하우스 [ Yoshichika Takagi ] House I – Akita/Japan

아키타시의 도심지에 위치하여 있지만
특이하게도 주차장에 둘러 쌓여진 하우스1은
외부와 내부의 아이러니한 관계속에 놓여 있다.
적절히 외부와의 관계를 차단하는 동시에 인클로저된 내부공간이 페쇄되지 않도록
반 공간을 디자인 하였다.
(외부에 있는 내부 중정과 같이 반외부공간
이와는 반대로 내부에 있는 외부공간을 여기서는 이미로
반공간이라 지칭하겠다.)
반 공간은 내부의 인클로저 스페이스와 외부환경과의
적절한 관계를 유지시켜주며 하우스의 공용공간으로 사용된다.
또한 내부와 외부의 아이텐티한 볼륨을 표현하는 인클로저 스페이스는
주방, 욕실, 화장실, 침실등으로 구성하여
거주자의 프라빗한 주거환경을 제공한다.
도심지의 주거환경은 이처럼 프라빗 스페이스와
퍼블릭 스페이스가 균형감 있는 조화를 이룰때
도심형 주택으로 거주자에게 쾌적한 환경을 제공한다.

reviewed by SJ

This is a small residential house in Akita Prefecture.

The site is in the centre of Akita City where urban functions are situated. Despite its urban location, this is a special place as it is surrounded by car parks. Considering that the space is exposed to public eyes in all four directions, it is essential to sustain the elements of privacy, but at the same time, our aim is to drop frontality from its façade.

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Project Details:
Location: Akita, Japan
Type: Houses - Residential
Architects: Yoshichika Takagi – www.sekkeisya.ecnet.jp
Structural design: Daisuke Hasegawa (Daisuke Hasegawa & Partners)
Gross useable floor space: 100.24 m2
Lot size: 476.99 m2
Start of work: July 2009
Completion of work: October 2010
Structure in: Wooden Structure
Floor: 2-Storey
Walls surfaces: Garvanised stealseat siding
Kitchen companies: Designed by Yoshichika Takagi
Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano

In order to keep privacy, it is sensible to keep the rooms within the enclosure, and it also helps with the indoor environment in the northern climate. However, enclosure would give a closed feeling, hence the task is to find a way to layout spaces that are closed enough to keep privacy and would also at the same time give an extensive feeling to the space outside.

First, we made a list of facilities that would require enclosure; kitchen, bathroom, toilet, bedroom and storage room, all of which would be enclosed in box-shaped spaces. A collection of these spaces are gathered like pleats, which create many gap areas in various sizes. This complex structure of these gap spaces gives depth to the whole place as well as an illusion that there is more space beyond what is visible. The frames installed in the walls of the boxes overlap with one another, and the whole place looks like a combination of facing mirrors depicting different sceneries.

We designed this house on simple rules based on 2 factors: rooms that need to be enclosed should be kept in boxes and rooms that do not need to be enclosed are in the gaps between boxes. By applying these rules, the space is presented with a complex structure that gives a feeling of extensive space.