Hat on the Ridge Rumah Tinggal, Galeri by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura

Hat on the Ridge Rumah Tinggal, Galeri by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Gangsa in Interior Competition Category.

GangsaInterior· 2023

Hat on the Ridge Rumah Tinggal, Galeri

by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura

Client: MDS Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Hat on the Ridge Rumah Tinggal, Galeri

Hat on the Ridge marupokan rumah tinggal kayu duo tingkek nan dilengkoki galeri di Kamakura, Jepang. Lantai tanahnyo lansuang batumpu di ateh batu dasar, sarato atok piramida sagi ampek manutuik ruang nan indak bapilar. Atok tu randah di bagian pinggia jo tinggi di bagian tangahnyo. Setiok dari ampek pinggia atok tu dibaliakkan ka ateh untuak tabuka manuju pamandangan nan bare\u2019bare: gunuang, lambah, kampuang, jo langik. Jo caro iko, ampek ruang nan babeda tabantuak. Di bagian suduik, lantai ateh dipotong tarui sampai ka tanah, manyambuangkan kaduo tingkek tu. Barang-barang antiek dipamerkan mangikuik skala kahidupan sahari-hari.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Hat on the Ridge Rumah Tinggal, Galeri adolah pamenang A' Design Award Gangsa, sabuah pangakuan nan sangaik bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan cemerlang nan dicirikan dek kreativitas, kacerdikan jo kabijaksanaan. Pamenang Gangsa adolah karya nan cukuik mahir jo kreatif sacaro mangesankan nan mamastikan pangalaman nan luas, imajinasi jo kacerdikan parancangnyo. Hat on the Ridge Rumah Tinggal, Galeri dipaokan manjadi bando nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan profesional jo inovatif sacaro nampak. Rancangan nan manang Gangsa iko mamuek praktik tabaik dalam seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi jo cemerlang dalam parhatian ka rincian. Hat on the Ridge Rumah Tinggal, Galeri mamanuhi kaparluan jo elok, manyantuah karinduan, mamikaik parasaan jo manarik raso ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Earthen floor connects with the bedrock, and square roof opens to the landscape - The space was vertically diversified by adding the floor on the ground and levitating the roof over the earth. The roof lowers down towards the roof edge and heightens up in the center. Each of the four edges of the roof opens to a different view: the mountain, the valley, the village, and the sky. Responding to these rich surroundings, each edge is flipped up to make four different spaces with different views.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2story wooden building
Width 6825mm x Depth 6825mm x Height 6970mm
Tags: Villa, Gallery, Pit dwelling, Dorma, Cats, Vista, Mountain, Village, Sky, valley
Production Technology: Earthen floor connects with the bedrock, and square roof opens to the landscape. Each of the four edges of the roof opens to a different view: the mountain, the valley, the village, and the sky. Responding to these rich surroundings, each edge is flipped up to make four different spaces with different views.
Design Challenge: The site is covered in a soft sediment over the surface of bedrock. The site was above the road level by just the thickness of the soil, which we chose to remove by the shape of the building footprint to put the foundation directly on the bedrock. The approach from the road is dug into this soil as well, gently sloping up towards the house. By placing a structurally stable pyramid roof over the simple square-shaped plan of the house, we created a pillarless space under the single roof.
Research: From a gallery-like space to a house with a gallery.
When the construction was first completed, the ground floor entrance hall and upper floor bookshelves were gallery-like spaces for displaying antiques and other items that were the owner's hobby.
By displaying them within the scale of the living space, the works of art feel more familiar, and visitors can easily imagine the scene in which they will be placed in their residences.
Inspiration: The origin of the idea is a pit dwelling that blends in with the mountain range. Removing soft sediments over the surface by the shape of the building footprint to put the foundation directly on the bedrock, a semi-subterranean-like space buried in the earth is created. The space was then vertically diversified by adding another floor above the ground and levitating the roof over the earth.
Project Duration: The construction started in in September 2018 and finished in May 2019 in Kamakura, Japan.
Operation Flow: Cut through the floor in the corners - In the corners where the roof edges were left unflipped, the upper level floor is cut through to the ground to connect the two levels.
Flip up the roof edges - Each of the four edges of the roof opens to a different view: the mountain, the valley, the village, and the sky. Responding to these rich surroundings, each edge is flipped up to make four different spaces with different views.
Team Members: Kiyotoshi Mori
Natsuko Kawamura
Image Credits: Photographer TOREAL Koji Fujii