Dutch Gable Roof House in Tokyo, Japan by Hiroki Tominaga

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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.

Dutch Gable Roof House in Tokyo, Japan by Hiroki Tominaga – Atelier

October 12th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Hiroki Tominaga – Atelier

This house is rebuilt of old sub house, standing beside main house, wrapped big Japanese garden in Tokyo downtown area. To rebuild it, as we needed to demolish the old house and Oya stone fence, we kept many materials, which can be used, once. Then we sliced old wooden columns and beams to use as ceiling finish. We also use Japanese “shoji” window as ceiling finish and Oya stone as gardening floor finish and fence again.

This house has simple dutch gable roof, which is Japanese traditional. Big triangle window is put in south high side to have sunlight between trees, so we can feel garden if we close all the curtains.

Image Courtesy © Takumi Ota

Architects: Hiroki Tominaga – Atelier
Project: Dutch Gable Roof House
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Photography: Takumi Ota
Structure Engineering: DIX
Garden Design: Oikos Landscape Architects
Area: 70.92sqm
Project Year: 2018

Image Courtesy © Takumi Ota

Clients are old couple but high ceiling space is planned to expand as grandson’s room. Then parents and 2 kids can live in this house in the future.

As the floor level, which is adjust to old main house, is quite high from the ground level, we make big eaves and hang the terrace from eaves, it looks like big bay window and garden stone is slide under this terrace to bring the garden closer to the house.

Oya stone, which was fence originally, is laid as a garden finish and big eaves works as a pergola from the garden for the grandsons living in main house.

Image Courtesy © Takumi Ota

Image Courtesy © Hiroki Tominaga – Atelier

: Image Courtesy © Takumi Ota

Contact Hiroki Tominaga – Atelier

Tags: Japan, Tokyo

Categories: Garden, House, Renovation, Residential

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