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Ho-House Casa d'abitazione by Katsufumi Kubota

Ho-House Casa d'abitazione by Katsufumi Kubota is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Argentu in Disignu d'Architettura Competition Category.


ArgentuArchitettura· 2021

Ho-House Casa d'abitazione

by Katsufumi Kubota

Client: Kubota Architect Atelier

A' Design Award d'Argentu Winner in Architettura Category

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The Design

About Ho-House Casa d'abitazione

Ho-House hè una residenza privata custruita in una zona residenziale affullata di Takarazuka, in Giappone. U disegnu principia da l'idea di taglià è piegà un fogliu di carta. Lastre bianche è sottili di calcestruzzu armatu sò piegate per fià lu spaziu, è l'orli di e lastre sò tagliati cusì chì a struttura pare più fina di ciò ch'ella hè. Ferramenti di sash fatti apposta facenu chì l'aperture parenu senza ghjunture. Daretu à u locu di parcheghju, una terrazza cù curtile forma un spaziu privatu chì cunnetta u salottu, a sala da pranzu, u bagnu è a stanza di i zitelli. A casa s'apre versu u celu è liga l'internu cù a natura.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argentu

Ho-House Casa d'abitazione hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu, una ricunniscenza straordinariamente prestigiosa attribuita à i disegni di alta gamma, splendidi è impressiunanti. I vincitori d'Argentu sò opere tremendamente brillanti è estremamente creative chì illustranu l'espertisa, u talentu è l'acutezza eccezziunali di i so disegnatori. Si aspetta chì Ho-House Casa d'abitazione sia una opera maravigliosa di mostra, rimarchevulemente prufessiunale è prufondamente innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu hè una invenzione assai nutevule è ammirata chì benefizia è allarga i limiti di l'arte, di a scienza, di u disegnu è di a tecnulugia. Ho-House Casa d'abitazione hè una creazione assai invidiata chì evoca disideri, introduce sentimenti pusitivi è accende stupore è maraviglia.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The space, created by folding white, thin slabs that have lost their mass and texture, shifts the axis of sensory interpretation from figurative to abstract and deepens our understanding of formless events. The inside-our-side continuity facilitated by the building, and the abstract phenomena that result from its relationship with nature, make us aware that the basis of both is the same and shorten the distance between the two at once, merging them into one.
Dimensions & Packaging
Site area 306.99 m2 Building area 152.63 m2 Total floor area 217.42m2
Tags
Japan, Residence, Minimal, Modanism, Concrete
Production Technology
reinforced concrete
Design Challenge
The origin of Ho-House is to cut a part of a piece of paper and fold it. Many technologies were required, such as the technology to cut the tip of the slab to make the slab that becomes thicker in the structure look thinner, and the sash hardware that was originally manufactured to make it look more seamless.
Research
Ho-House is a house requested in a crowded residential area, and the challenge was how to create a space to release the mind.
Inspiration
Architecture is a vessel that carves out a tiny space in an infinitely expanding universe. For the heart to truly grasp that the inner space is also part of the universe, it's essential that life dwells in architecture.
The site is completely surrounded by various houses.However, the sky’s vastness and closeness were overwhelming, and the clear blue sky shook my heart.Tasked with assessing the relationship between nature and the mind and engaging the sky, I am to create an architecture in here.
Project Duration
Design from 2016 to 2017 Construction from 2017 to 2020.
Location: Takarazuka city,Hyogo,Japan
Operation Flow
Behind the parking space is a courtyard terrace, creating a private space that makes you forget about the densely populated residential areas. The terrace is a harmonious presence that connects the living room, dining room, bathroom, and children's room.
Team Members
Katsufumi Kubota, Kazuya Toizaki, Kazu Kubota, Masayuki Kubota,Naoya Yuda
Image Credits
Katsu Tanaka

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