House in Akashi 住宅 by Yousaku Tsutsumi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銀賞 in 建築・建物・構造物デザイン Competition Category.
銀建築· 2021
House in Akashi 住宅
Client: Arbol
A' Design Award 銀賞 Winner in 建築 Category
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About House in Akashi 住宅
明石の家は、日常生活を自然の近くで営むことを目指して設計された平屋建ての住宅である。住宅は用途とプライバシーの度合いに応じて三つのゾーンに分けられ、それぞれのゾーンが独自の庭とコンセプトを備えている。家族の暮らし、収穫、そして自然を楽しむための空間は、クライアントの関心に合わせて設えられている。共用空間を大きく、個室を小さく計画することで、家族が自然と集まる雰囲気を生み出している。囲われた中庭は柔らかな自然光を室内へ導き、内と外の境界を曖昧にする。構造は日本の伝統的な工法に倣い、すべて木材によって構成されている。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銀賞
House in Akashi 住宅は、見事で印象的なハイエンドのデザインに授与される、非常に権威ある評価である A' Design Award 銀賞の受賞作品です。銀賞の受賞作品は、きわめて輝かしく創造性に富んだ作品であり、デザイナーの傑出した専門知識、才能、洞察力を示しています。House in Akashi 住宅は、素晴らしい代表作であり、驚くほどプロフェッショナルで、深く革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銀賞を受賞したデザインは、非常に注目すべき称賛される発明であり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に寄与し、それを前進させます。House in Akashi 住宅は、多くの人に羨まれる創造物であり、欲求を呼び覚まし、前向きな感情をもたらし、驚きと感嘆を灯します。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- A minimalist house designed to immerse one with nature, promoting a unique lifestyle. The house is divided into three zones based on purpose and degree of privacy, each with a garden and unique concept. Areas for family, harvest and celebrating nature are carefully designed and tailored to the client’s interests, and the courtyards naturally and softly light the house. The prominence of nature within the design and sensory experiences serves to blur the boundaries between outside and inside.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Site area: 172.81㎡ Floor Area: 81.07㎡
Building dimensions: 11,250mm x 9,100mm x 3,570mm - Tags
- Architecture, Japanese, Nature, Wood Structure, Privacy, Residential, House
- Production Technology
- Arbol have a deep understanding of the merits of various types of timber for different purposes; this allowed the design to be constructed entirely from wood with no sacrifice to the performance. The project is therefore extremely sustainable in its construction, offering a design which is in harmony with the nature it celebrates.
- Design Challenge
- The key challenge was to incorporate all the essential spaces within a small site area, on a single storey while still hosting elements which are essential to the house's artistic vision, such as courtyards and the surrounding walls for privacy.
- Inspiration
- The project is inspired by ideas of how the user is immersed within nature. The project is motivated by the pursuit of an environment that maximises communal space and harmonises wind, nature, sunlight, lifestyle and privacy. These elements are all contained within a structure influenced by the conventional method -zai rai kou hou- of traditional Japanese wooden construction.
- Project Duration
- The design started in April 2017, and construction lasted from January - July 2018. The house is located in Akashi city in Hyogo prefecture, Japan.
- Operation Flow
- The house is designed specifically around the client’s lifestyle and desire for an environment promoting tranquillity and deep comfort. Communal space is as large as possible while private rooms are as small as possible, encouraging a social atmosphere. Enclosing the gardens within the house allows for the intended vision to be realised regardless of the immediate surroundings, thus capturing the endless expanse of the outer world within a city dwelling.
- Image Credits
- Image #1-4 : Photographer Yasunori Shimomura, House in Akashi, 2018.
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