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With Four Children Taigh by Ryuji Yamashita

With Four Children Taigh by Ryuji Yamashita is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Duais Umha A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Ailtireachd, Togalaichean agus Structaran Competition Category.


UmhaAiltireachd· 2022

With Four Children Taigh

by Ryuji Yamashita

Client: Toshiharu Yamashita

Duais Umha A' Design Award Winner in Ailtireachd Category

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The Design

About With Four Children Taigh

Taigh airson càraid agus an ceathrar chloinne. Tha seòmar-cluiche ann am meadhan taighe, agus tha ceithir seòmraichean chloinne suidhichte mu choinneimh a chèile. Tha ceumannan agus uinneagan eatorra. Nuair a dh’fhosglas a’ chlann an uinneag, bidh an làr na dheasg mhòr far am bi iad ag ionnsachadh aghaidh ri aghaidh. Bidh na ceithir seòmraichean cloinne gu bhith nan àite aonaichte agus tha iad ceangailte ris a’ chiad làr leis gu bheil na deasgaichean air an dèanamh le glainne. Is e àite a th’ ann a tha a’ ceangal an teaghlaich aig diofar astaran.

The Recognition

About the Duais Umha A' Design Award

Tha With Four Children Taigh air Duais Umha A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh gu math urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean sònraichte a tha air an comharrachadh le cruthachalachd, innleachd agus geurchuis. Tha buannaichean Umha nan obraichean gu math sgileil agus gu sònraichte cruthachail a dhearbhas eòlas farsaing, mac-meanmna agus tapachd an luchd-dealbhaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi With Four Children Taigh na nì air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach, a tha gu sònraichte proifeiseanta agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Umha A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr ann an ealain, saidheans, dealbhadh agus teicneolas an gnìomh, agus tha e sàr-mhath airson an aire do mhion-fhiosrachadh. Bidh With Four Children Taigh a' sàsachadh fheumalachdan gu h-iongantach, a' suathadh ri miannan, a' tàladh faireachdainnean agus a' togail fiosrachd.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The four children's rooms were placed facing each other, with steps and windows between them.
When the children open the windows, the floor becomes a large desk, and they study face-to-face.
The four children's rooms become an integrated space, and the desk is made of glass to connect to the first floor.
It became a space where families can be connected with various senses of distance.
Dimensions & Packaging
Site area 300.38m2
Building area: 69.56m2
Total floor area 125.65m2
1st floor: 63.35m2 2nd floor: 62.30m2
Eave height 7,176mm
Highest height 7,450mm
Production Technology
When I was a child, I was given a study desk.
But I never used it.
It was painful for me to study facing the wall.
A study desk limits where you can put things, and you can't spread out a sheet of paper. I was restricted in what I could write.
The study desk became a stumbling block and eliminated many possibilities.
In this house, the floor becomes the desk. The space is a big table.
You can sit at the desk or run around. You can even draw big pictures.
This expands the possibilities for the child.
Design Challenge
Since most of the people living in the area knew each other, privacy had to be considered.
Research
Type of Research: House Design
Research Objective: To enrich people's lives
Methodology: Leaving margins that allow for change.
Tools: CAD, CG, models
Participants: None
Result: Residents' lives are richer.
Impact: spillover of the importance of creating space without function
Inspiration
A house for a couple and their four children.
The client wanted to give each child a private room.
The four children are close in age and play together all the time.
We were concerned that having a private room would divide the family, so we decided to create a space where the children can feel connected even when they are in their own rooms.
Project Duration
June 2021 to October 2021
Operation Flow
Four children's rooms were placed across from each other, with steps and windows between them.
When the children open the windows, the floor becomes a large desk.
The four children's rooms become an integrated space.
The desks are connected to the first floor by glass.
The space became a place where the family is connected at various distances.
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Ikuya Sasaki, Photography, 2021.Image #2: Photographer Ikuya Sasaki, Photography, 2021.Image #3: Photographer Ikuya Sasaki, Photography, 2021.Image #4: Photographer Ikuya Sasaki, Photography, 2021.Image #5: Photographer Ikuya Sasaki, Photography, 2021.

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