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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 Sonobe in Kyoto, Japan by Tato Architects / Yo ShimadaApril 26th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Tato Architects / Yo Shimada This house stands in a new residential district in the mountains, which was put up for sale in the 1990s. The region has a slightly cool and wet climate, when looking at the other houses in the vicinity; you can see that many of them feature lean-to-sheds, designed as small sunrooms, made by enclosing a back entrance or veranda with corrugated polycarbonate panels. These so-called ‘terrace enclosures’ are often used as storehouses in winter, or as places for drying laundry – a clever feature, that we realized represents, a certain style shared among the various new mass-produced houses of this residential district.  Exterior view from Southwest. The large siding door of the Sunroom is opened, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha
 Exterior view from Southwest. Sunroom closed, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha We used these terrace enclosures as inspiration for the materials and functions of our sunroom. We also incorporated a wide-eaved terrace and other semi-outdoor spaces into the interior of the house. Our expectation was that these would act as interfaces between the surrounding environments. Regarding the volume of the house, we used a simple square grid and its diagonals to create the different spaces such as one that is intimately sized, and another containing a spacious void. To each of these, we attached semi-outdoor spaces.  Exterior view from West. The large siding door of the Sunroom is opened, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha  Exterior view from West. The large siding door of the Sunroom is opened, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha The wall of the sunroom is made from a large hanging door that can slide open to turn the sunroom into an outdoor area, or enclose the second floor space under the eaves. On the south side of the site, we followed the example of the neighborhoods lean-to sheds and created an alcove and storage space. Around the house, centered on the site, we piled up the earth left over from the foundation work in an attempt to reclaim the original slope that existed before the site was developed into tiered platforms for residential development. This reclaimed mound of earth will be covered in grass, and with time, the owners will make it into a garden.  View from the Kitchen to the Living room, Image Courtesy © Yohei Sasakura  View from the Living room to the Kitchen, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha The interior is finished using Moiss, a material that catches light and regulates humidity. Glass inserted at the boundaries reflects and permeates the light, like facets of a crystal. This house embodies a variety of interior scenery intermixed with landscapes from near and far.  Kitchen, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha  Dining, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha  View towards the Dining and Living room, from the Kitchen, Image Courtesy © Yohei Sasakura  View from the Dining area to the Sunroom, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha  Sunroom. View towards Entrance, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha  Image Courtesy © Yosuke Ohtake  Image Courtesy © Yosuke Ohtake  Image Courtesy © Yosuke Ohtake  Image Courtesy © Yosuke Ohtake  Image Courtesy © Yosuke Ohtake  Japanese style room, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha  Exterior view from Northeast, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha  The Veranda becomes an indoor space when the large sliding door to the Sunroom is opened, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha  Veranda open, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha  Sunroom and Veranda, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha  Bedroom, Image Courtesy © shinkenchiku_sha  Image Courtesy © Tato Architects / Yo Shimada  Image Courtesy © Tato Architects / Yo Shimada  Image Courtesy © Tato Architects / Yo Shimada
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