House in Toyonaka Architecture by Shintaro Fujiwara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Competition Category.
SilverArchitecture· 2020
House in Toyonaka Architecture
Client: S.k
Silver A' Design Award Winner in Architecture Category
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About House in Toyonaka Architecture
House in Toyonaka is a private residence in a dense residential district in northern Osaka, Japan. The site is surrounded by closely packed houses and has no distant views, so privacy was the main concern. The house therefore avoids large windows and stays closed to the street. A glass floor, split-level floors and skylights let the line of sight pass slightly through each part of the interior, reducing the sense of enclosure. The limited daylight also makes the passing of time clearly perceived. The total floor area is 107.62 square meters.
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About the Silver A' Design Award
House in Toyonaka Architecture is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. House in Toyonaka Architecture is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. House in Toyonaka Architecture is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.
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Narrow-Site Residential Architecture
We specialize in creating innovative residential architecture for challenging narrow sites in dense urban environments. Our designs combine traditional Japanese spatial philosophy with contemporary aesthetics, maximizing comfort and privacy through thoughtful use of light, materials, and split-level planning.
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- Unique Properties
- Located in a residential district in northern Osaka, this property is surrounded by closely packed houses and lacks any outstanding views. Due to the adjacent homes, maintaining privacy was of the utmost importance. The aim of the design was therefore to create a stimulating and beautiful space that nevertheless had no large windows and was closed to the outside world.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Site Area：95.60 sqmt, Building Area：53.42 sqmt, Total Floor Area：107.62 sqmt, Max Height : 8.5m, Max Width : 8.4m, Max Depth : 9.5m
- Design Challenge
- A major issue was how to obtain a space that does not give a feeling of blockage while limiting the openings. With the glass floor, split-level floor, and skylights, it was possible to reduce the feeling of blockage by allowing the line of sight to slightly pass at each part of the house.
- Inspiration
- We believe small and enclosed space can be also comfortable. Even small gap to see outside can make small space comfortable. This kind of philosophy is maybe inspired by the traditional Japanese Architecture, especially tea ceremony room. Privacy is very important factor in this contemporary society so that this kind of philosophy should be considered again, we believe.
- Project Duration
- The project started in May 2016 and finished in June 2018 in Osaka, Japan.
- Operation Flow
- The limited openings contribute to privacy in dense residential areas. At the same time, limited sunlight makes the change of time sensitively perceived.
- Image Credits
- photo credits : Katsuya Taira
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