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Aperitio Hale by Tomohiro Araki

Aperitio Hale by Tomohiro Araki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Hale, Kūkulu a me Hōʻuluʻulu Competition Category.


KeleaweHoʻolālā Hale· 2025

Aperitio Hale

by Tomohiro Araki

Client: Replus Co,Ltd

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Hoʻolālā Hale Category

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The Design

About Aperitio Hale

He hale lāʻau hoʻokahi papahele ʻo Aperitio i kūkulu ʻia ma kahi ʻāina e nānā pono ana i ke Kai o Iapana ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka Moku'āina ʻo Tottori. Ua hoʻokau haʻahaʻa ʻia nā kuapā o ke kaupaku i lilo ai ka hale i mea kāhiko ʻāina e kū pono ana me ka nohona a puni. Ua lawe ʻia mai ka mālamalama, ka makani, ke kani a me ka nānā ʻana i loko o ka hale. Ua uhi ʻia ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau e kū pono ana i ke kai me ka pahu kila galvalume, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea like me ko luna o ka hale, no ka maʻalahi o ka mālama ʻana. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā puka nui ma ka ʻaoʻao hema e hāʻawi ana i ka mālamalama o ke ao a me ka hoʻopuka ʻana o ka makani, a e hoʻopili ana i nā lumi me kahi noho ma waho. Ua mālama ʻia ke kilokilo o waho i mea maʻalahi i mea e pale ai i ke ʻano hōʻailona nui loa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Aperitio Hale i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Aperitio Hale he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Aperitio Hale i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
It is a house built on a site facing the Sea of Japan (Quasi-National Park Geopark) in the northern part of Tottori Prefecture.

By making it a one-story wooden building, the eaves are kept low so that it can blend in with the surrounding environment.

This building emphasizes affinity with the external environment while staying indoors, and the surrounding environment of light, wind, sound, and scenery

The theme is to incorporate as much as possible.

By keeping the exterior simple, we tried to create a design that does not become too symbolic and does not get tired.

The windy north face facing the sea is made of galvalume steel sheet, which is the same as the roof, to achieve both maintenance and design.

The entrance door on the west side is set back from the exterior wall of the building to minimize the influence of the wind by considering the mounting direction.

By providing many openings on the south side, sufficient lighting and ventilation are ensured, and it can be used as an integral part of the outside living room.

The room has an excellent view of the south side.

As a result, it was possible to feel the change of the four seasons on a daily basis, both indoors and outdoors.

The roof gutter under the water on the south side is less to make the eaves look thinner.

On rainy days, by making a water curtain according to the regularity of the roofing material (warp goby),

The sound of rain weaves together to create a longing for rain.

The out-living room on the south side seems to be continuous with the entrance approach.

It is separated by glass, and it has both a sense of openness (a sense of escape) and crime prevention.

Although it is a theory of architecture, with high side lights on the north side and large openings and deep eaves on the south side,

The building is designed to blend in with the surrounding environment without being overdesigned.
Inspiration
People, objects, and space become one landscape.
A villa-like residence filled with a sense of freedom, where you can relax and unwind from the fatigue of everyday life.
The relationship between objects and space in Japan is centered on valuing harmony and building relationships that enhance the environment. Lateral thinking to appreciate the four seasons, the way materials are utilized and enclosed, these are messages that convey the difficulty and awe of coexisting with nature, and are a uniquely Japanese sense of nature.
Project Duration
2023/8~2023/12

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