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Light Welling House Ntchito Yaikulu: Nyumba ya Banja Limodzi by Teruo Miyahara

Light Welling House Ntchito Yaikulu: Nyumba ya Banja Limodzi by Teruo Miyahara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Nyumba, Zomanga ndi Zomangidwa Competition Category.


BronzeZomangamanga· 2020

Light Welling House Ntchito Yaikulu: Nyumba ya Banja Limodzi

by Teruo Miyahara

Client: Mr. and Mrs. Uc

Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award Winner in Zomangamanga Category

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The Design

About Light Welling House Ntchito Yaikulu: Nyumba ya Banja Limodzi

Mawu a Bukhu: Light Welling House ndi nyumba yodzimira ya banja limodzi yomangidwa pamalo opapatiza a mumzinda wa Tokyo. Malowa ndi ang'onoang'ono komanso a chipimo chosafanana, ndipo kuwala kwa dzuwa sikanatha kulowa kuchokera kummawa kapena kumadzulo. Choncho makwerero anapangidwa kukhala njira ya kuwala. Makwerowo ndi opangidwa ndi chitsulo chokhala ndi mabowo, ndipo khoma la m'khwerero ndi la magalasi, kuti kuwala kwa masana kufike m'chipinda chilichonse ndi kunyamulidwa kuchokera pamwamba kupita pansi. Malo a makwerero anasankhidwa pogwiritsa ntchito kuwerengera mmene dzuwa limaonekera nthawi ya dzinja. Zipinda zamalidwa ndi utoto woyera kuti zithandize kufalitsa kuwala kobwerekedwaku.

The Recognition

About the Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award

Light Welling House Ntchito Yaikulu: Nyumba ya Banja Limodzi ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka kwambiri komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe abwino kwambiri omwe amaonekera ndi luso lolenga, kuchenjera ndi nzeru zakuthwa. Opambana a Bronze ndi zinthu zaluso kwambiri ndi zolenga modabwitsa zomwe zimatsimikizira zochitika zazikulu, kulingalira ndi kuchenjera kwa opanga awo. Light Welling House Ntchito Yaikulu: Nyumba ya Banja Limodzi akuyembekezeka kukhala chinthu choyamikiridwa, chosirira ndi chokondedwa, chaukatswiri wapadera ndi chatsopano. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award awa amaphatikiza machitidwe abwino kwambiri a luso, sayansi, kapangidwe ndi ukadaulo ndipo ndi abwino kwambiri chifukwa cha kusamala kwawo zazing'ono. Light Welling House Ntchito Yaikulu: Nyumba ya Banja Limodzi amakwaniritsa zosowa mokongola, kukhudza zilakolako, kukopa mitima ndi kudzutsa chidwi.

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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