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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. Boundary House in Chiba, Japan by Atelier TekutoSeptember 20th, 2015 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Atelier Tekuto The site is located within the urbanization controlled area on the boundary of residential area and farmland. The client was only allowed to build due to his vested rights of the land.  Building facades from major approaches., Image Courtesy © Toshihiro Sobajima
 Courtyard, Image Courtesy © Toshihiro Sobajima The house stands on the duality of an urban development area that could be said as being an economy based realm and rural land, which can be said as being an ecology based realm. Our design proposes became a dramatization of the shift from the economy realm to the ecology realm with the hope that it will bring a peaceful and ecological lifestyle to the client.  Looking into the courtyard from the Living/Dining room., Image Courtesy © Toshihiro Sobajima  Room2, Image Courtesy © Toshihiro Sobajima The first vision was a tarp-like structure where one can fully feel nature and move freely from covered inside areas to the uncovered outside areas. In order to integrate this idea into an actual piece of architecture, our concept became on how to “blur the boundary” between architecture and nature. In order to do so, we adopted the following 5 strategies: (1) The plan becomes a maze-like composition where the internal and external spaces were interwoven (2) 16 sky lights – some glazed for interior use and others without glazing for exterior use, were randomly placed over the whole configuration.  A labyrinth-like space, Image Courtesy © Toshihiro Sobajima  16 Skylights, Image Courtesy © Toshihiro Sobajima (3) The potted plants, located both inside and outside, symbolise the co-existence of architecture and nature. (4) Materials and finishes are also treated the same in the interior and exterior. Exterior walls are finished with charred cedar wood (called Yaki Sugi), that is a traditional Japanese technique of wood treatment. The interior sides are finished with persimmon tanning containing Bengara (called ‘Kaki-Shibu’) that is also a traditional wood finish. Both finishes have a similar texture and resembling color, so that interior and exterior walls are visually continuous. (5) Floor finish – polished terrazzo was used both in the interior and exterior so that here again, architecture is seamlessly connected inside and outside.  Same vegetation inside and out, Image Courtesy © Toshihiro Sobajima  Similar wall finish inside and out, Image Courtesy © Toshihiro Sobajima  To create a rich and diverse boundary that is both internal and external, through the careful selection materials, Image Courtesy © Toshihiro Sobajima  Courtyard/Dining space, Image Courtesy © Toshihiro Sobajima
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