Nestled in the Green Domus by Tomomi Omachi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Architectura Competition Category.
AesArchitectura· 2021
Nestled in the Green Domus
Client: Kitokito
Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Architectura Category
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About Nestled in the Green Domus
In Viridi Sita est domus in Tajiri, Hiroshima, in Iaponia posita. Locus in regione habitationum Iaponica typica stat, montibus parvis ad septentrionem et Mari Seto Interiore ad meridiem. Domus in area aedificata est ubi olim domus feriata stilo Europaeo exstiterat, quae deiecta est, horto autem servato et culto. Positio domus et magnitudo fenestrarum ita perpensae sunt ut hortus et montes ex multis partibus conspici possint. Fenestrae apertae sonum foliorum aviumque important. Area loci 713,24 metra quadrata continet.
The Recognition
About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum
Nestled in the Green Domus victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Nestled in the Green Domus rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Nestled in the Green Domus necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Wrapped by the surrounding nature, this house nestles closely within the environment in which it stands. Located in Tajiri-cho, Fukuyama, Japan, the neighboring buildings, apartments, and houses form this typical Japanese residential area. However, with small mountains stretching northward and the Seto Inland Sea to the south, one realizes this town is also surrounded by nature. Built on the plot of an former European-style vacation home, the house was demolished by the owner but the garden was tended to ever since. Like this town, the architecture creates a space wrapped delicately in nature.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Site Area: 713.24 sqm
Building Area: 164.26 sqm - Tags
- Nature, Architecture, Garden, Wood, Green
- Design Challenge
- He thought about how he understood the environment, bringing nature inside and connecting it to the outside.
Then, spent a lot of time to make the inside space merge, blending in naturally like the space in nature. - Research
- Focusing on the concept of nestling the architecture within nature, He began thinking about the house and the garden from various perspectives and alongside the landscape architect, He developed the form of the house, the size and positioning of the windows over and over until reaching a singular, encompassing space and form.
- Inspiration
- To create a feeling of familiarity with nature, the position of the house was considered so that from inside, both the garden and mountains can be viewed from many directions. This meant that depending on the season, the shifting colours of the flowers and trees, the fluttering of birds could be enjoyed.
When they open the windows, the sound of swaying leaves and chirping birds flow inside. He hoped those things would become a normality, imagining a life experiencing nature with their five senses. - Project Duration
- 2015 - 2020
Tajiri, Hiroshima - Team Members
- Architect: Tomomi Omachi
Landscape Designer: Zenjiro Hashimoto - Image Credits
- Photography by Tatsuya Tabii
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