Hat on the Ridge Chaw Nyob, Vartsev Qhia Khoom by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura

Hat on the Ridge Chaw Nyob, Vartsev Qhia Khoom by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Tooj in Tsim Chav Sab Hauv thiab Kev Nthuav Qhia Competition Category.

ToojSab Hauv· 2023

Hat on the Ridge Chaw Nyob, Vartsev Qhia Khoom

by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura

Client: MDS Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award Tooj Winner in Sab Hauv Category

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The Design

About Hat on the Ridge Chaw Nyob, Vartsev Qhia Khoom

Hat on the Ridge yog ib lub tsev ntoo muaj ob theem nrog ib chav qhia khoom nyob hauv Kamakura, Nyij Pooj. Lub plag av nyob ncaj qha rau saum txhab zeb, thiab lub ru tsev pyramid plaub ceg npog ib qho chaw tsis muaj ncej. Lub ru tsev qis ntawm cov ntsiab ib ncig thiab siab nyob hauv nruab nrab. Txhua tus ntawm plaub sab ru tsev raug tsa rov qab rau sab saud kom qhib mus rau ib qho kev saib uas txawv: lub roob, lub hav, lub zos, thiab lub ntuj. Plaub qhov chaw sib txawv raug tsim tawm los ntawm txoj kev no. Nyob ntawm cov ces kaum, theem sauv raug txiav plaub mus txog hauv av, cob ob theem ua ke. Cov khoom qub raug nthuav tawm raws li qhov ntev ntawm kev nyob niaj hnub.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Tooj

Hat on the Ridge Chaw Nyob, Vartsev Qhia Khoom yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Tooj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim tshwj xeeb uas txawv los ntawm kev tsim tshiab, kev txawj tsim thiab kev ntse. Cov neeg yeej Tooj yog cov khoom muaj txuj ci heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas ua pov thawj txog kev paub ntau, kev xav thiab kev txawj ua ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Hat on the Ridge Chaw Nyob, Vartsev Qhia Khoom xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub, uas tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Tooj no siv cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis thiab zoo heev vim nws saib xyuas cov ntsiab lus. Hat on the Ridge Chaw Nyob, Vartsev Qhia Khoom ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau zoo kawg, kov cov kev xav, ntxias cov kev xav thiab txhawb kev xav paub.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Earthen floor connects with the bedrock, and square roof opens to the landscape - The space was vertically diversified by adding the floor on the ground and levitating the roof over the earth. The roof lowers down towards the roof edge and heightens up in the center. Each of the four edges of the roof opens to a different view: the mountain, the valley, the village, and the sky. Responding to these rich surroundings, each edge is flipped up to make four different spaces with different views.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2story wooden building
Width 6825mm x Depth 6825mm x Height 6970mm
Tags: Villa, Gallery, Pit dwelling, Dorma, Cats, Vista, Mountain, Village, Sky, valley
Production Technology: Earthen floor connects with the bedrock, and square roof opens to the landscape. Each of the four edges of the roof opens to a different view: the mountain, the valley, the village, and the sky. Responding to these rich surroundings, each edge is flipped up to make four different spaces with different views.
Design Challenge: The site is covered in a soft sediment over the surface of bedrock. The site was above the road level by just the thickness of the soil, which we chose to remove by the shape of the building footprint to put the foundation directly on the bedrock. The approach from the road is dug into this soil as well, gently sloping up towards the house. By placing a structurally stable pyramid roof over the simple square-shaped plan of the house, we created a pillarless space under the single roof.
Research: From a gallery-like space to a house with a gallery.
When the construction was first completed, the ground floor entrance hall and upper floor bookshelves were gallery-like spaces for displaying antiques and other items that were the owner's hobby.
By displaying them within the scale of the living space, the works of art feel more familiar, and visitors can easily imagine the scene in which they will be placed in their residences.
Inspiration: The origin of the idea is a pit dwelling that blends in with the mountain range. Removing soft sediments over the surface by the shape of the building footprint to put the foundation directly on the bedrock, a semi-subterranean-like space buried in the earth is created. The space was then vertically diversified by adding another floor above the ground and levitating the roof over the earth.
Project Duration: The construction started in in September 2018 and finished in May 2019 in Kamakura, Japan.
Operation Flow: Cut through the floor in the corners - In the corners where the roof edges were left unflipped, the upper level floor is cut through to the ground to connect the two levels.
Flip up the roof edges - Each of the four edges of the roof opens to a different view: the mountain, the valley, the village, and the sky. Responding to these rich surroundings, each edge is flipped up to make four different spaces with different views.
Team Members: Kiyotoshi Mori
Natsuko Kawamura
Image Credits: Photographer TOREAL Koji Fujii