nA Nakayama Architects

Sapporo, Japan

Sone Zoen

Kyoto, Japan

Sone Zoen

Kyoto, Japan

AUAU

Nagoya, Japan

AUAU

Nagoya, Japan

AUAU

Nagoya, Japan

AUAU

Nagoya, Japan

AUAU

Nagoya, Japan

TAKESHI HOSAKA Architects

Tokyo, Japan

Name of the project inside house & outside house Exact definition of the building a couple and two children Location of the project Suginami-ku , Tokyo , JAPAN Construction nature wooden-structure Site ?? 95.98 m2 Building area 37.32 m2 Floor area ratio 71.20 m2 Building height 6228 mm No. of floors 2F Building function house

TAKESHI HOSAKA Architects

Tokyo, Japan

This is a project of a house for a married couple and two cats, located in Tokyo. The project had started based on the idea that humans and cats live in a same house, rather than cats living in a house designed for humans — and finally this idea brought out a concept: “a house inside which you feel being outside.”

TAKESHI HOSAKA Architects

Tokyo, Japan

The project was launched when I was commissioned to enlarge a house for a couple in their 30's and their three daughters living in Yamanashi Prefecture. On my first visit there, I found the houses of one story and two stories both stand close together but that there remain some empty lots, farming fields, wooded areas and unpaved roads. I remember that the bounty and generosity of the place inspired me. My client tol...

TAKESHI HOSAKA Architects

Tokyo, Japan

A house with a basement and two floors above ground was planned in a residential area in Yokohama, which is characterized by rolling hills. The 60-square meter site is sandwiched by existing houses to the south and the north. On the east side, the site faces a 3m-tall retaining wall. In these ways, the site at first looked like it was buried by the surroundings.