House in Shioyamachi, Japan by Ryu Mitarai & Associates,

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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 Shioyamachi, Japan by Ryu Mitarai & Associates, Architects

March 5th, 2020 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Ryu Mitarai & Associates, Architects

The building is located in Shioya Town, Shioya County, Tochigi Prefecture. Surrounded by the houses and fields that have Ohya stone warehouses, the scenery continues to be long and quiet.

The family keeps this large land from generation to generation, where there is a main house, a remote, a storehouse, a store, a well, a field, a garden. And when the young son got married, he told me that he wanted to make another one away.

Image Courtesy © Kai Nakamura

Architects: Ryu Mitarai & Associates, Architects
Project: House in Shioyamachi
Location: Shioyamachi, Japan
Photography: Kai Nakamura
Completion Year: 2018

Image Courtesy © Kai Nakamura

Therefore, I wanted to develop a one-story building that would correspond to this rich environment with gardens and fields. The building is composed of three large roofs, including a carriage. Each roof has its own slope and expands to the surroundings, creating a high and bright eaves space that blends in with the environment. The three roofs are arranged to create a half-open courtyard and have a U-shaped planar shape as a whole. By doing so, I thought that a bright and open architecture without a center and front and back would be launched.

Image Courtesy © Kai Nakamura

Even within a limited budget and limited area, we will take a lot of effort to mix the inside and outside. Light and wind pass comfortably through a bright and open building. We believe that a very rich environment that is simple and connected to the garden has been established.

I hope that this new Hanale will spin the history of the land together with other buildings.

Image Courtesy © Kai Nakamura

: Image Courtesy © Kai Nakamura

: Image Courtesy © Kai Nakamura

: Image Courtesy © Kai Nakamura

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Tags: Japan, Shioyamachi

Categories: House, Residential

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