Murakoshi Whare by Hiroki Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Waihanga, Whare me te Hanganga Competition Category.
HiriwaWaihanga· 2023
Murakoshi Whare
Client: S Design Farm
A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Waihanga Category
- 17,606
- Verified Award Winner
- Verify Award Status for #147063
The Design
About Murakoshi Whare
He whare taone e whakauru ana i te waipuke ki tona hoahoa. Ko tenei whare me te ahua monolithic me te karati taraiwa me te turanga teitei kei runga i te koki pentagonal e kii ana ka kikii i nga tangata hikoi. Kei roto i te hoahoa he tuwhera maramara me te whiti kia rere te marama me te hau ki roto, me te whai whakaaro ano ki te pai o te tangata me nga motuka i te wa e paopao ana te wai. Ka torotoro tenei mahi i tetahi huarahi ngawari me te whai whakaaro mo nga whare noho taone a meake nei me te aro ki nga aitua taiao.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Hiriwa
Ko Murakoshi Whare te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Murakoshi Whare he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Murakoshi Whare he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- An urban house integrating flood waters into its design.
The house, with its drive-through garage using a high foundation and monolithic facade that takes into account sight lines and sound, was designed to achieve safety and comfort for the client while creating a duality of open public and introverted private living spaces that maintain an appropriate sense of distance from the surrounding environment. This work explores a simple, yet make sense, future urban housing with an eye toward natural disasters. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The building use is a private residence for a couple.
The construction type is new construction. The structure is wooden, two stories above ground with a high foundation and a loft. The site area is 73.92m2 and the total floor area is 81.73m2. - Tags
- House, Urban, Flood waters, High foundation, Openness, Safety
- Production Technology
- In order to maximize the building-to-land ratio, a pentagonal plan configuration was chosen to match the site shape, and the cross-sectional configuration of the second floor and loft was selected in consideration of height restrictions, fire prevention regulations, and structural planning.
To minimize the impact on the building in the event of flooding, the first floor was planned with a high foundation.
The space was designed to make the most of the site conditions. - Design Challenge
- The Murakoshi House faced the challenge of how to create a safe and comfortable place to live, given its low elevation, the risk of flooding due to its location in a valley, and the dense surrounding area. Considering the effects of recent climate change and rising electricity costs, the key point was how to create comfort, and architectural innovations and facilities were planned to withstand these factors.
- Research
- In order to reduce running costs and the burden on the global environment, the insulation performance was set to a high level (insulation grade 6), and a level of almost no heating was implemented even in winter by minimizing the number of windows, using a Ua value of 0.37, using heat exchange ductless ventilation, and thorough air sealing measures.
- Inspiration
- Safety and Comfort from Openness.
The site is a pentagonal shaped site facing a three-way street with a lot of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and adjacent to a waterway that was predicted to flood, making it a complex intersection of various elements. Therefore, we created a three-dimensional openness to the elements of light, wind, people, cars, and water that surround the site, allowing light and wind to flow into the interior and creating an architecture that dodges water while considering convenience for people and cars. - Project Duration
- The design period for the Murakoshi House is six months, from November 2020 to April 2021. The construction period is seven months, from May 2021 to December 2021.
The planned site is located in Ota Ward, Tokyo, Japan. It is located on the bottom of a mortar-shaped valley that stretches to the south of Senzoku Ike Pond. - Operation Flow
- Murakoshi House faced the challenge of how to create a safe and comfortable place to live, given its low elevation, the risk of flooding in the valley, and the densely populated surrounding area. In addition, taking into consideration the effects of recent climate change and rising electricity costs, the key point was how to create comfort, and architectural innovations and facilities were planned to withstand these factors.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Yasutaka Kojima, Variations, 2022.
Image #2: Photographer Koichi Torimura, Variations, 2022.
Image #3: Photographer Yasutaka Kojima, Variations, 2022.
Image #4: Photographer Yasutaka Kojima, Variations, 2022.
Image #5: Photographer Koichi Torimura, Variations, 2022.
Sponsored
Explore Beyond Designers.org
Discover products, services and opportunities from our advertising partners.
More to Explore
Related Designs
Explore more award-winning designs from the same category, selected by merit.
