Light Welling House Kāinga Mō Te Whānau Kotahi by Teruo Miyahara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Waihanga, Whare me te Hanganga Competition Category.
ParahiWaihanga· 2020
Light Welling House Kāinga Mō Te Whānau Kotahi
Client: Mr. and Mrs. Uc
A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Waihanga Category
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About Light Welling House Kāinga Mō Te Whānau Kotahi
He Whare Tō Mai o Te Māramatanga tētahi kāinga noho mō te whānau kotahi kua hangaia ki runga i tētahi whenua ā-tāone whāiti i Tokyo. He iti, he ahurei anō hoki te hanga o te whenua, ā, kāore i taea te kukume mai i te māramatanga taiao mai i te taha rāwhiti, mai i te taha uru rānei. Nā tēnei, i hoahoatia ngā arawhata kia noho hei huarahi mō te māramatanga. Kei te hangaia ngā kaupae ki te whakarewa maka kōhao, ā, he pakitara karaihe ō te ara arawhata, nō reira ka toro atu te māramatanga o te rā ki tēnā rūma, ki tēnā rūma, ā, ka kawea mai anō i te papa runga ki raro ki ngā papa iti iho. I whakatauhia te tūnga o ngā arawhata mā te tātai i te teitei o te rā o te takurua. Kua oti ngā rūma i te tae mā, kia horapa atu ai te māramatanga tērā i nama mai.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Parahi
Ko Light Welling House Kāinga Mō Te Whānau Kotahi te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Light Welling House Kāinga Mō Te Whānau Kotahi he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Light Welling House Kāinga Mō Te Whānau Kotahi i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The client felt that a residence was a form of self exposure to the outer world. In order to live up to his expectations, this house was designed to imply the essence of the house within the urban context by bringing out the characteristics of the finishing material that was chosen. The concrete exterior walls were coated with lean mix acrylic paint, resulting in a black mottled effect according to the difference in the degree of water absorption and smoothness of the surface.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The stairs are made of perforated metal to let the light seep through, and the stairwell has glass walls to allow the light to shine into each room as well as to lead and reflect the light from the top to lower levels. The positioning of the stairs was also a critical factor and therefore designed carefully, calculating the altitude of the winter sun. Moreover, the room interior was finished in white, so that the rooms would be able to borrow light in addition to having direct sunlight.
- Tags
- Narrow site, Light well, Mottled wall, Continuous windows, Zinc coated steel sashes, Raw brass sashes
- Production Technology
- On this project we designed all furnitures, all storage, kitchen set, dining table, stool, by our original design. And also we designed big sized zinc coated steel sashes. All because we needed to keep pureness of our design for the space of this house.
- Design Challenge
- The concrete exterior walls were coated with lean mix acrylic paint, resulting in a black mottled effect according to the difference in the degree of water absorption and smoothness of the surface. The zinc coated steel sashes were dipped in phosphate to strengthen the zinc layer, and the difference in the amount of zinc coating on the sashes projected a black patchy effect.
- Research
- This house is a residence designed for a couple in their 30s and their daughter. It is standing on a small and narrow site of irregular shape. The site measures approximately 57 m2 in size: approximately 12 meters deep, 6 meters across where it faces the north road, and 2.7 meters across at the deepest end. The design for this house therefore needed to focus on the ideal form of an urban detached house within the constraints of the site itself as well as laws and regulations.
- Inspiration
- This house is located in a residential area in the western part of Tokyo. The site itself is a narrow and small with the north side touching the road. Since natural lighting could not be anticipated from the east or west sides, how to bring light into the residence was a major issue that needed to be solved at a high level.
Our solution for this house to ensure natural lighting was to design the stairs as a path of light that would be able to distribute natural light to each room. - Project Duration
- The project started in April 2004 and finished in May 2005 in Tokyo Japan.
- Operation Flow
- For the interior of the house, the first floor consists of an independent bedroom and bathroom. The second floor has a main room with a ceiling that partially opens onto the third floor; this aspect and the stairs made of perforated metal also contribute to the open feel of the main bedroom and tearoom on the third floor. The partitions were made of transparent glass and Japanese paper blinds so as not to divide the atmosphere.
- Patents
- Miyahara architect office LLC
- Team Members
- Teruo Miyahara
Akira Ouchi - Image Credits
- Mitsumasa Fujitsuka
Miyahara architect office LLC
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