Article source: D.I.G Architects
A small house located on a steep slanting slope. The client simply wanted a life with a blessing of nature nearby and the beautiful townscape in distance. The site was steeply sloped down, almost like a cliff, leaving only a narrow platform wide enough for a car. We first had an idea to excavate the ground to generate a living space. Corresponding the nature form, heterogeneous and flexible space would retrieve the enchantment of the site. Not a house constructed on a cliff, but a habitat generated by the nature form of the cliff. A habitat like a pit or a shed posteriorly discovered in the terrains of landscape.
- Architect: D.I.G Architects
- Project: K-HOUSE
- Location: Nagoya city, Japan
- Project Architects: Akinori+Maki Yoshimura
- Design: AKINORI YOSHIMURA+MAKI YOSHIMURA/D.I.G Architects/NAWAKENJI/NAWAKENJI-M
- Complete: 2011.Dec
- Collaborator: (structural design)NAWAKENJI /NAWAKENJI-M
- Area: Total 89.4m2
- Photo credit: Tomohiro Sakashita