Article source: Yasuyuki Kitamura

The site is located in a new town in the northernmost part of Minoh City, Osaka, Japan, which has a rich natural environment. Surrounded by a rich natural environment Despite the fact that it is a development site, the surrounding area is lined with houses that have nothing to do with the natural environment or local character of the area. In this project, the relationship between humans and the natural environment can be constructed at the boundary between “city” and “nature”. They are searching. By questioning the nature of modern housing and intersecting it with the urban edge environment, the construction of a close relationship with the natural environment is achieved. It is to be expected.

Image Courtesy © Masashige Akeda

• Architects: Yasuyuki Kitamura
• Project: House in Minoh shi
• Location: Minoh shi, Japan
• Photography: Masashige Akeda
• Architecture: Yasuyuki Kitamura
• Structural Engineering: Takuma Togo
• Landscape: Akihiro Oku
• Gross Built Area: 81.15m2
• Completion Year: 2020

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