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.

Image Courtesy Tomohiro Sakashita

• 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

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