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House in Fukawa, Japan : Hiroshima Home

Contemporary Hiroshima House design by Suppose design office

26 Apr 2011

House in Fukawa

Design: Suppose design office, architects

Location: Hiroshima, southwest Japan

Photos: Toshiyuki Yano

The house is placed at suburbs in Hiroshima, and designed for 4 members of a family with two kids.

Because there are is lot of traffic around the area, we considered the house, which is closed from outside as much as possible but still keep its space open without any pressure of the separation from the outside.

People can feel a place bigger more and more if they could not figure out the size of it, such as the sky and the ocean. In other words, people think a space is big when they would felt the area as if it is continuing forever.

There is- a staircase at the center of the house. It is surrounded by walls as an another construction, and it is built up to the ceiling. It stands as a core of the house. From the pillar all rooms are connected as each. The spaces are placed randomly with various levels and angles. The inside with layers of the rooms is like a place under a tree with leaves or like a cave in a mountain.

Moreover, the place at the top of each room could also engage people as terraces. Because of the use of the top the boxes, there are various space relations in the house, such as a room and a room, a room and a terrace, and a terrace and a terrace.

The house is separated from the outside environment, however the dwelling inside could create space like continuing forever with the center construction standing like a big tree. We believe residents could enjoy to live in the house with a comfort like in a nature environment, which people could feel and imagine the scale of the space.

House in Hiroshima – Building Information

Title: House in Fukawa

Total floor area is 114 sqm
Building area is 50 sqm
Plot area is 124 sqm

Housing Structure: timber construction

Finishes:
Ground floor
floor: trowel mortar + Wax
wall: coniferous tree plywood t=9.0 + enamel paint ( cantle, coniferous tree plywood t=9.0 + oil stain paint)
ceiling: coniferous tree plywood t=9.0 + enamel paint ( cantle, coniferous tree plywood t=9.0 + oil stain paint)
First floor, Second floor
floor: trawel mortar + Wax
wall: coniferous tree plywood t=9.0 + enamel paint ( cantle, coniferous tree plywood t=9.0 + oil stain paint)
ceiling: coniferous tree plywood t=9.0 + enamel paint ( cantle, coniferous tree plywood t=9.0 + oil stain paint)

Design: Makoto Tanijiri
Design period: Apr 2008 – Nov 2009
Construction period: Nov 2009 – May 2010