Article source: Koyori DATT

The “House along Saigoku highway” is a renovation project of an over-100-year-old wooden house located aside the Saigoku highway in the city of Muko at Kyoto Prefecture. Due to artistic activity made by the owner; it is a living and atelier space for a 3 member’s family; the 60-years-old parents and their high school teenager son.

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• Architects: Koyori DATT (Masahiko Nakamura, Keita Ikebe, Taichi Ito)
• Project: House along Saigoku Highway
• Location: City of Muko, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
• Main structure: Wooden construction with RC parts
• Structure: Kaneko Takeshi structural design office
• Completion: January 2016
• Completion: Exteriors, estimated May 2016

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