Hat on the Ridge Wasi, Rikuchina Wasi by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura

Hat on the Ridge Wasi, Rikuchina Wasi by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu in Ukupi Kamay Competition Category.

BurunsiUkupi· 2023

Hat on the Ridge Wasi, Rikuchina Wasi

by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura

Client: MDS Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu Winner in Ukupi Category

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The Design

About Hat on the Ridge Wasi, Rikuchina Wasi

Hat on the Ridge nisqa iskay pisuyuq k'aspimanta wasim, Kamakura llaqtapi, Japón suyupi, rikuchina wasiyuq. Allpa pampan qaqa patapi tiyan, hinaspa kuchu pusaq k'uchuyuq wasi qata kirunkuna mana tiyanchu chay kitipi. Wasi qatan k'uchunkunapi pisi hatun, chawpinpitaq aswan hatun. Tawa wasi qata k'uchunkunamanta sapankan hukninkunamanta huk rikuyta rikuchinanpaq wichay muyurisqa: urqu, wayq'u, llaqta, hinallataqmi hanaq pacha. Chayrayku tawa sapan kitikuna paqarichisqa kanku. K'uchunkunapi, hanaq pisu allpakama t'uqusqa kachkan, iskay pisukunata huñunaspa. Ñawpa kaqkunaqa sapa p'unchay kawsayninpi hina rikuchisqa kachkanku.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu

Hat on the Ridge Wasi, Rikuchina 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. Hat on the Ridge Wasi, Rikuchina 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. Hat on the Ridge Wasi, Rikuchina 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: 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