Nestled in the Green Whare by Tomomi Omachi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Waihanga, Whare me te Hanganga Competition Category.
ParahiWaihanga· 2021
Nestled in the Green Whare
Client: Kitokito
A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Waihanga Category
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About Nestled in the Green Whare
He whare kei roto i te Kākāriki e tū ana i Tajiri, Hiroshima, Iapana. Ko te wāhi e tū ana i tētahi rohe noho tangata māori o Iapana, he maunga iti ki te raki, ā, ko te Moana ā-Rohe o Seto ki te tonga. I hangaia te whare i runga i te whenua o tētahi whare okiokinga ahua-Pakeha-Ūropi o mua, i whakakorehia taua whare, engari i pupuritia, i tiakina hoki te māra. I ata whiriwhirihia te tūnga o te whare me te rahi o ngā matapihi kia kitea ai te māra me ngā maunga mai i ngā ahunga maha. Ko ngā matapihi tuwhera e kawe mai ana i te tangi o ngā rau rākau me ngā manu. Ko te horahanga o te wāhi, 713.24 mita tapawhā.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Parahi
Ko Nestled in the Green Whare 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 Nestled in the Green Whare 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 Nestled in the Green Whare 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
- 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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