House in Akashi Wasi by Yousaku Tsutsumi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu in Wasichiy Kamay Competition Category.
QullqiWasichiy· 2021
House in Akashi Wasi
Client: Arbol
A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu Winner in Wasichiy Category
- 16,720
- Verified Award Winner
- Verify Award Status for #121337
The Design
About House in Akashi Wasi
Akashipi Wasi huk kuraq patapi wasi kachkan, sapa punchaw kawsayta pachamamaman achka qayllachinapaq ruwasqa. Wasiqa kimsa t'aqaman rakisqa, imapaq kasqanmanta hinaspa hayk'a pakasqa kananmanta hina, sapanka t'aqapas kikin muyaynin hinaspa kikin yuyayninwan. Ayllu kawsaypaq, kawsay pallaypaq hinaspa pachamamawan kusikuypaq wasikunaqa runaq munasqanman hina wakichisqa. Tukuypaq kaq k'iti hatunmi kachkan hinaspa sapaq wasikuna huch'uy, kaymi runamasi kaymanta yanapan. Wichq'asqa kanchakuna llamp'u punchaw k'anchayta ukhuman apamun hinaspa ukhu hawa purapa sayaynin ch'usaqyachin. Kay wasip q'atanqa llapan k'ullumanta ruwasqa, Japón ñawpaq ruwaykunata qatispa.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu
House in Akashi Wasi A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu mishak kan, ancha jatun yupaychay, kayta hanak, sumak shinallatak mancharina diseñukunaman kun. Qullqi mishak kashkakunaka ancha achikyaska shinallatak ancha mushuk ruraykunami, paykunata rurakkunapak yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ushayta rikuchinku. House in Akashi Wasi ruray yachak, ñawpak shinallatak mushuk yuyayta charik sumak rurashka kanata munanku. Kay Qullqi Premiu japishka diseñuka ancha riksishka shinallatak yupaychashka yuyay kan, arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojía ñawpak ñankunata kichuk. House in Akashi Wasi achka runakunapak munashka rurashka kan, munayta kallarichin, alli yuyaykunata kun shinallatak mancharichin.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- A minimalist house designed to immerse one with nature, promoting a unique lifestyle. The house is divided into three zones based on purpose and degree of privacy, each with a garden and unique concept. Areas for family, harvest and celebrating nature are carefully designed and tailored to the client’s interests, and the courtyards naturally and softly light the house. The prominence of nature within the design and sensory experiences serves to blur the boundaries between outside and inside.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Site area: 172.81㎡ Floor Area: 81.07㎡
Building dimensions: 11,250mm x 9,100mm x 3,570mm - Tags
- Architecture, Japanese, Nature, Wood Structure, Privacy, Residential, House
- Production Technology
- Arbol have a deep understanding of the merits of various types of timber for different purposes; this allowed the design to be constructed entirely from wood with no sacrifice to the performance. The project is therefore extremely sustainable in its construction, offering a design which is in harmony with the nature it celebrates.
- Design Challenge
- The key challenge was to incorporate all the essential spaces within a small site area, on a single storey while still hosting elements which are essential to the house's artistic vision, such as courtyards and the surrounding walls for privacy.
- Inspiration
- The project is inspired by ideas of how the user is immersed within nature. The project is motivated by the pursuit of an environment that maximises communal space and harmonises wind, nature, sunlight, lifestyle and privacy. These elements are all contained within a structure influenced by the conventional method -zai rai kou hou- of traditional Japanese wooden construction.
- Project Duration
- The design started in April 2017, and construction lasted from January - July 2018. The house is located in Akashi city in Hyogo prefecture, Japan.
- Operation Flow
- The house is designed specifically around the client’s lifestyle and desire for an environment promoting tranquillity and deep comfort. Communal space is as large as possible while private rooms are as small as possible, encouraging a social atmosphere. Enclosing the gardens within the house allows for the intended vision to be realised regardless of the immediate surroundings, thus capturing the endless expanse of the outer world within a city dwelling.
- Image Credits
- Image #1-4 : Photographer Yasunori Shimomura, House in Akashi, 2018.
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.
