House-DT in Osaka, Japan by Daijirou Takakusa

Article source: Daijirou Takakusa

The site of “House-dT” is in the new residential area of the Osaka southern part, and can overlook Osaka Bay. I designed this house in this site for husband whose hobby is playing a drum , and wife who is a painter. They requested four things to the design of the house.

North Elevation

• Architects: Daijirou Takakusa
• Project: House-DT
• Location: Osaka, Japan

North elevation

The one was that they would live calmly every day looking Osaka Bay , and the two was that husband would have a studio for playing a drum completely , the three was that wife would have a atelier which could open a drawing class in the future , and the four was that they would have a large yard for a barbecue party .

Wall Details

In order to realize their requests in this narrow site , I piled up the atelier on the studio , and arranged a well space between these spaces and the living space for that the noise from the studio and the atelier would not be get across to the living space .

And I filled these all spaces in the simple box form , and arranged the box aslant in this site in order to take the large yard .

Dining to living

Since the well space will be passed on the way to every rooms , I considered that the well space would be the most important space , and decided to make this well space into attractive space.

I prepared the big window in one side of this well space from which Osaka Bay could be overlooked , and decided to use the other side of this well space as a canvas on which wife would draw the picture .

Living to dining

The theme of the picture was taken as a big tree , since I expected that the picture would protect this family , and husband’s first name “Daiki” means a big tree in japanese .

Since I considered that the view of Osaka Bay which would be overlooked from the interior , and the picture of a big tree were the most important for this house , I decided to design the house as simply as possible.

North Elevation

North Elevation

Wall Arts

Wall arts at 2nd floor

West elevation

West elevation

Tags: Japan, Osaka

Category: House

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