Hat on the Ridge Reședință, Galerie by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura

Hat on the Ridge Reședință, Galerie by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Bronz in Design Interior Competition Category.

BronzInterior· 2023

Hat on the Ridge Reședință, Galerie

by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura

Client: MDS Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award de Bronz Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Hat on the Ridge Reședință, Galerie

Hat on the Ridge este o reședință din lemn cu două niveluri, care include o galerie, situată în Kamakura, Japonia. Pardoseala din pământ bătătorit se sprijină direct pe roca de bază, iar un acoperiș piramidal pătrat acoperă un spațiu fără stâlpi. Acoperișul este jos la margini și înalt în centru. Fiecare dintre cele patru margini ale acoperișului este ridicată în sus, deschizându-se către o priveliște diferită: muntele, valea, satul și cerul. În acest fel se formează patru spații distincte. În colțuri, etajul superior este întrerupt până la nivelul solului, conectând cele două niveluri. Piesele de anticariat sunt expuse la scara vieții cotidiene.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronz

Hat on the Ridge Reședință, Galerie a câștigat A' Design Award de Bronz, o recunoaștere extrem de prestigioasă acordată designurilor remarcabile care se disting prin creativitate, ingeniozitate și istețime. Câștigătorii Bronzului sunt artefacte din plin pricepute și izbitor de creative, care atestă experiența vastă, imaginația și resursele designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Hat on the Ridge Reședință, Galerie să fie un obiect foarte apreciat, admirat și prețuit, remarcabil de profesionist și inovator. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Bronz încorporează cele mai bune practici din artă, știință, design și tehnologie și este excelent prin atenția la detalii. Hat on the Ridge Reședință, Galerie satisface splendid nevoile, atinge dorințele, vrăjește sentimentele și stârnește curiozitatea.

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