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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. Villa Overlooking The Sea in Hayama, Japan by Edward Suzuki AssociatesMarch 30th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Edward Suzuki Associates This is a vacation home expected to become a permanent house in the future. Located about an hour’s car ride away from downtown Tokyo, it is locatedin the sea resort of Hayama in the Shonan region, adjacent to the more well known, old city of Kamakura.Sited overlooking the sea on the south, the design intent was to capture as much of the scenic panorama and to bring it into the house. Behind the house on the north is a hill clad with wild bamboos. Sandwiched in between the richness of the sea and that of the hill, the design was to open the house as much as was possible to the natural outdoors and to become a part of it.  Image Courtesy © Yasuhiro Nukamura
 Image Courtesy © Yasuhiro Nukamura The plan is basically a multiple of six-by-six meter concrete grid in three stories. The basement approach level is predominantly entrance, garage, and storage. The first floor is sleeping quarters, and the second, uppermost level, is living, dining, and kitchen. The second floor is basically one large room zoned functionally and separately by the structural grids.  Image Courtesy © Yasuhiro Nukamura Interior floor finish for the second floor is laminated bamboo, much used by our office recently, as the material is very fast-growing and therefore more eco-friendly than wood. The bedrooms floor is carpeting to allow softer material for the legs. The exterior is stucco clad over exterior insulation to prevent interior condensation and subsequent mold.  Image Courtesy © Yasuhiro Nukamura Extending the full length of the house on the south seaside is a three-meter wide terrace balcony acting as an interface between the outside and the inside. On sunny, non-cloudy days, one may be able to view Mt. Fuji in the southwest in all its glory.  Image Courtesy © Yasuhiro Nukamura  Image Courtesy © Yasuhiro Nukamura  Image Courtesy © Yasuhiro Nukamura  Image Courtesy © Yasuhiro Nukamura  Image Courtesy © Yasuhiro Nukamura  Image Courtesy © Yasuhiro Nukamura  Image Courtesy © Yasuhiro Nukamura  Image Courtesy © Yasuhiro Nukamura  Image Courtesy © Yasuhiro Nukamura  Image Courtesy Edward Suzuki Associates  Image Courtesy Edward Suzuki Associates
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