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With Four Children 家 by Ryuji Yamashita

With Four Children 家 by Ryuji Yamashita is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銅賞 in 建築・建物・構造物デザイン Competition Category.


銅建築· 2022

With Four Children 家

by Ryuji Yamashita

Client: Toshiharu Yamashita

A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in 建築 Category

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The Design

About With Four Children 家

ご夫婦とお子様4人が暮らす住宅。家の中央にプレイルームがあり、子供部屋が4つ向かい合って配置されています。その間には階段と窓があります。子どもたちが窓を開けると床が大きな机になり、そこで向かい合って勉強します。 4つの子供部屋は、机がガラス製のため、一体となった空間となり1階とつながっています。さまざまな距離の家族を繋ぐ空間です。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

With Four Children 家は、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。With Four Children 家は、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。With Four Children 家は、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。

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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