Home in Kawajiri / Daisaku Hanamoto Architect & Associates

Home in Kawajiri / Daisaku Hanamoto Architect & Associates

Textual content description offered by the architects. This can be a renovation mission for an outdated home in a small city. Earlier than the renovation, there was a strengthened concrete constructing going through the road, and the method to the principle constructing was by a slender hole. In consequence, the sunshine didn’t attain the principle home and the air flow was poor.

The proprietor requested a level of freedom that may very well be used as a villa, a ultimate residence, a restaurant, or a rental house. We steered three issues. The strengthened concrete constructing and a part of the principle constructing can be dismantled to create a brand new earthen flooring house that spans the width of the constructing. Take away pointless partitions from previous renovations and make the plan easy. It means eradicating a part of the ceiling to create a vertical unfold.

The pocket house created in entrance of the principle home by the discount creates a well-ventilated exterior surroundings and on the identical time serves as an area for parking and occasions. It acts as a buffer zone the place you’ll be able to spend your time quietly. By eradicating the wall, the house has expanded horizontally and accepts numerous methods of dwelling and utilization.

As well as, the newly created atrium casts a gentle gentle into the corridor by the prevailing attic window, and whenever you lookup, you’ll be able to really feel the historical past of the home with the tough structural supplies and partitions. As well as, it brings a reasonable three-dimensional sense of openness to the corridor.

As an alternative of contrasting the brand new and outdated elements, we wished to create a spacious home the place every half can turn out to be part of the newly created entire and spend time freely and freely.