Light Welling House Sapallan Ayllu Wasi by Teruo Miyahara

Light Welling House Sapallan Ayllu Wasi by Teruo Miyahara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu in Wasichiy Kamay Competition Category.

BurunsiWasichiy· 2020

Light Welling House Sapallan Ayllu Wasi

by Teruo Miyahara

Client: Mr. and Mrs. Uc

A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu Winner in Wasichiy Category

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The Design

About Light Welling House Sapallan Ayllu Wasi

Light Welling House nisqaqa Tokyo llaqtapi, kichkilla urban pachapi ruwasqa sapallan ayllu wasim kan. Kay pachaqa huchuy hinaspa mana kikin rikch'aq kanmi, chaymi inti k'anchayqa inti lloqsimuy hinaspa inti haykuy ladomanta mana yaykumuyta atinchu karqan. Chayrayku, patakunaqa k'anchay ñan hina diseñasqa karqan. Patakunaqa t'oqoyuq metalmanta ruwasqam, wasi ukhu patapiqa cristal pirqakuna kachkan, chaymi inti k'anchayqa sapa wasiman chayan hinaspa hanaq pisomanta uraypi pisokunaman apachikun. Patakunaq kasqan lugarqa hatun tiempo intiq altura yupasqawan churasqa karqan. Wasi ukhukunaqa yuraq llimp'iwan tukuchisqa kachkan, chayhina mañasqa k'anchayqa astawan mast'arikunanpaq.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu

Light Welling House Sapallan Ayllu Wasi A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu mishak kan, jatun yupaychay, kayta mana shuk shina, mushuk yuyaypi, yuyaypi shinallatak chaskik kaypi riksishka diseñukunaman kun. Burunsi mishak kashkakunaka ruray ushayta charik shinallatak mancharina mushuk rurashkakunami, paykunata rurakkunapak achka yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ruray ushayta rikuchinku. Light Welling House Sapallan Ayllu Wasi sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak riksishka shuk ruray kanata munanku, ruray yuyaywan shinallatak mushuk yuyaywan. Kay Burunsi Premiu japishka diseñuka arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojíapi ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak ima ukumanta rikuypi sumak kan. Light Welling House Sapallan Ayllu Wasi mañaykunata alli paktachin, munaykunata llankan, shunkuta kuyachin shinallatak yachayta munayta kallarichin.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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