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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

House in Kodaira, Japan by Suppose Design Office

August 17th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Suppose Design Office

This is a residential project that has a unique garden at the front of the house. The building, located in a residential area in Kodaira-shi, Tokyo, was designed for 4 family members. The site is located in a place where it is directly connected to the public street. Because of the conditions, our theme was to create a house to open to the outside yet it could keep a private space.

Interior View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

Architects: Makoto Tanijiri (Suppose Design Office)
Project: House in Kodaira
Location: Kodaira city,Tokyo ,Japan
Principal use: parsonal house
Site area: 117.29sqm
Building area: 50.87sqm
Total ﬂoor area: 93.04sqm ( 1F:50.75sqm 2F:42.29sqm )
Software used: CAD – Vectorworks, AutoCAD; CG – lightwave, sketchup, Vray; Other : Photoshop, Illustrator

Interior View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

Completion: February. 2009
Design period: 2007.11-2008.05
Construction period: 2009.07-2010.2
Structure: Timber construction
In charge: Yuji kaichida [Ex-staff from Suppose design office]
Structural engineer: Hirofumi Ohno［ohno-japan］
In charge: Hidetaka Nakahara　[ohno-japan]
General concrete: Niihori corporation
Photographer: Toshiyuki Yano

Street View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

There is a front yard at the dwelling. We were considering the garden to connect the outside and inside but also to separate them for keeping the personal environment. To create the courtyard as a semi private zone, a tent structure was used for a partition to separate the two spaces. The tent is covering the garden as if it was a roof, a wall and also a fence. The structure creates the outside environment as a part of interior of the house. Moreover, the sliding doors at the living room can be totally open to the front garden to engage the comfortable green space to the private rooms.

Exterior View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

We hope the residence could create an environment for more communities with neighbors that we used to have before, and reminds people the new relationship between a city and buildings, buildings and people.

Interior View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

Bathroom (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

Staircase (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano

Interior View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

Front View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

Exterior View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

: Interior View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

: Street View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

: Exterior View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

: Interior View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

: Interior View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

: Interior View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

: Interior View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

: Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano

: Bathroom (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

: Staircase (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

: Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano

: Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano

: Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano

: Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano

: Interior View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

: Front View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

: Exterior View (Image Courtesy Toshiyuki Yano)

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Tags: Japan, Kodaira

Categories: Autocad, House, Illustrator, Lightwave, Photoshop, SketchUp, V-Ray, Vectorworks

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