River Sea Villa by Junichiro Kawazoe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Architectura Competition Category.

ArgentumArchitectura· 2022

River Sea Villa

by Junichiro Kawazoe

Client: Kawazoe Junichiro

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Architectura Category

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The Design

About River Sea Villa

River Sea est villa in insula Awaji sita, in praefectura Hyogo, in Iaponia. Locus prope ostium fluminis iacet, et axis descriptionis a septentrione ad meridiem versus aquam decurrit. Aedificium in tres partes dividitur: aedificium introitus, aedificium hospitum et aedificium principale. Duae areae tres partes seiungunt, et semita eas coniungit. Iuxta semitam, terminus inter interiora et exteriora mollis fit. Parietes tegulis marginalibus ex tegulis tectorum localibus Awaji factis obteguntur. Unica contignatio effectum in circumstantia limitat.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

River Sea Villa victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur River Sea Villa opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. River Sea Villa creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The site is located on Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture. The site is connected to the north and extends toward the river in the south. It is located near the mouth of the river. Since there are already buildings on the east and west neighbors, designers have set the axis(path) of the buildings north and south toward the river. The plan divides the building into three main uses. The entrance building, guest building, and main building. It is a one-story building so that the impact on the surrounding.
Dimensions & Packaging: The area of the site is 1356.76 m2 and the area of the building is 427.07 m2.
The maximum height is 3.77m.
Tags: residence,simple,minimal,court house,vernacular
Production Technology: We have done a lot of research on the site, clients, villas and resort hotels for this project.
In doing so, we came up with the concept of a fusion of vanacular and modern.
It is the only architecture that can only be found in this place.
Based on that concept, we examined the exterior, interior, space, materials, and so on.
Design Challenge: Building the concept was a first-stage challenge.
The question is whether to design a wonderful architecture below with few requests from clients.
Also, when selecting materials, the concept was to use things in or near this place, so we visited many workshops and made selections.
Research: In this project, many designers participated under our supervision.
Structural design, equipment design, lighting design, tile design, fabric design, furniture design, equipment design, etc.
We shared the concept with them and proceeded with the project.
Inspiration: I have been thinking about timeless and minimalist design, and the relationship between the space inside and outside.
In this project, the design is inspired by them and the situation of the site.
Project Duration: The design and construction period is September 2019-January 2021. The site is Hyogo prefecture (Japan).
Operation Flow: In this architecture, you can enjoy a space experience and relaxation that is unique to that place.
It is the material and space derived from that place.
Team Members: Kazue Kawazoe
Takuya Uemura
Image Credits: Photographer/Yoshiharu Matsumura