House in Akashi Primary Function: ᱚᱲᱟᱜ by Yousaku Tsutsumi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ, ᱤᱢᱟᱨᱚᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱟᱲᱚᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.
ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ· 2021
House in Akashi Primary Function: ᱚᱲᱟᱜ
Client: Arbol
A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ Category
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About House in Akashi Primary Function: ᱚᱲᱟᱜ
Book Text: ᱟᱠᱟᱥᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱤᱱᱢᱟ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱢᱮ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ-ᱵᱩᱴᱟ ᱡᱟᱠᱟᱛ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ। ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱤᱡᱮᱨᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱛᱷᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱯᱮᱭᱟ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱟᱜᱟᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱛᱷᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ। ᱚᱲᱟᱜᱨᱮᱱ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ, ᱫᱟᱶ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱟᱨᱮᱵᱩᱴᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱨᱟᱹᱥᱠᱟᱹ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱜᱟᱦᱠᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱨᱟᱹᱥᱠᱟᱹ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ। ᱡᱟᱹᱨᱩᱲ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱚᱦᱚ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱤᱡᱮᱨᱟᱜ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱠᱚ ᱦᱩᱰᱤᱧ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱮᱥᱟᱹᱣ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱱᱟᱣᱟ ᱦᱚᱭ ᱮᱢᱚᱜᱼᱟ। ᱜᱷᱮᱨᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱟᱝᱜᱟᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱞᱚᱞᱚ ᱥᱮᱛᱟᱜ ᱩᱭᱦᱟᱹᱨ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱛᱮ ᱟᱜᱩ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱦᱨᱮ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱢᱩᱴᱟᱹᱭᱮᱫᱟ। ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱯᱟᱱᱤ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹᱱᱤ ᱛᱚᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱠᱟᱴᱷ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ।
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
House in Akashi Primary Function: ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ House in Akashi Primary Function: ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
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.
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