Hat on the Ridge Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ebe Obibi, Ụlọ Ngosi Nka by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura

Hat on the Ridge Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ebe Obibi, Ụlọ Ngosi Nka by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ime Ụlọ na Ngosipụta Competition Category.

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Hat on the Ridge Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ebe Obibi, Ụlọ Ngosi Nka

by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura

Client: MDS Co., Ltd.

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ime Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Hat on the Ridge Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ebe Obibi, Ụlọ Ngosi Nka

Ederede Akwụkwọ: Okpu na Ugwu bụ ụlọ obibi osisi nwere ogbe abụọ nwere ụlọ ngosi nka dị na Kamakura, Japan. Ala ala na-adaba kpọmkwem n'elu nkume ntọala, elu ụlọ dị ka pyramid gbara akwụkwọ anọ na-ekpuchi ohere na-enweghị ogidi ọ bụla. Elu ụlọ ahụ dị ala n'akụkụ ya ma dị elu n'etiti ya. Otu n'ime akụkụ elu ụlọ anọ ndị a ka a tụgharịrị elu iji mepee gbasoro echiche dị iche iche: ugwu, ndagwurugwu, obodo na mbara igwe. N'ụzọ dị otú a, ohere anọ dị iche iche ka a kpụrụ. N'akụkụ ndị a, ogbe elu ka e gbutuchara ruo ala, na-ejikọta ogbe abụọ ahụ ọnụ. A na-egosi ihe ochie ndị a n'ọkwa nke ndụ kwa ụbọchị.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Hat on the Ridge Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ebe Obibi, Ụlọ Ngosi Nka meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Hat on the Ridge Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ebe Obibi, Ụlọ Ngosi Nka ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Hat on the Ridge Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ebe Obibi, Ụlọ Ngosi Nka na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

Behind the Design

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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