Hat on the Ridge Nyumba, Galale by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Mkati mwa Nyumba ndi Mawonekedwe Competition Category.
BronzeMkati· 2023
Hat on the Ridge Nyumba, Galale
by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura
Client: MDS Co., Ltd.
Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award Winner in Mkati Category
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About Hat on the Ridge Nyumba, Galale
"Hat on the Ridge" ndi nyumba yamatabwa ya masitolo awiri yokhala ndi galale ku Kamakura, Japan. Pansi pamdothi pamakhala mwachindunji pamwala wapansi, ndipo denga la piramidi lofanana mbali zonse limakwirira malo opanda mizati yothandizira. Denga ndilotsika kumphepete kwake koma ndilotalika pakati pake. Mbali iliyonse ya mphepete zinayi za denga yatukulidwa kutsegukira ku chithunzi chosiyana: phiri, chigwa, mudzi, ndi thambo. Mwanjira imeneyi, malo anayi osiyana amapangidwa. Kumakona, nsanja yapamwamba yadulidwa kufikira pansi, kulumikiza magawo awiriwa. Zinthu zakale zimaonetsedwa mumlingo wa moyo wa tsiku ndi tsiku.
The Recognition
About the Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award
Hat on the Ridge Nyumba, Galale 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. Hat on the Ridge Nyumba, Galale 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. Hat on the Ridge Nyumba, Galale 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
- 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
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