This house was designed by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects for a family of three in a residential area of Tochigi, Japan.
Each space is divided by the stone wall, mined locally, and by the arcs supporting the big roof.
House I, Tochigi, Japan
Program: single family house
Architects: Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects
Design team: Hiroyuki Shinozaki, Sota Matsuura, Tatsumi Terado Structural Studio
Structure engineer: Tatsumi Terado Structural Studio
Contractor: Masuken,Inc.
Area: 92 sqm
Completion: October 2013
The house volume has been conceived as an enclosure opened on each side to connect the interior with the surrounding context and to offer a view on the garden.
The interior walls spread radially from the center, supporting the big roof and creating a big open space in the center of the house. The slope of the roof and the deformed enclosure create different perspectives.
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