Article source: YO IRIE ARCHITECTS

This site is a newly developed residential area, a high ground overlooking the sea near the city of Kobe, Japan. The development took place in recent years, and small-scale individual houses are lined up all around the neighborhood.

The house-building industry has developed significantly, and excellent technologies used in efficient insulation products, equipment with high performance coefficients, high-strength engineered wood, energy saving lighting equipment, etc. have improved the performance of houses, but rather than simply relying on such individual functions, we would like to think about structures that work better when they integrate such technologies, so the whole house can function better and smarter.

Image Courtesy © Takahiro Arai

• Architects: YO IRIE ARCHITECTS
• Project: House in Tarumi
• Location: Tarumi, Japan
• Photography: Takahiro Arai

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