Nestled in the Green Fale by Tomomi Omachi

Nestled in the Green Fale by Tomomi Omachi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Fausaga Fale Competition Category.

ApamemeaFausaga Fale· 2021

Nestled in the Green Fale

by Tomomi Omachi

Client: Kitokito

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Fausaga Fale Category

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The Design

About Nestled in the Green Fale

O lo'o tu i totonu o le Lanumeamata o se fale o lo'o i Tajiri, Hiroshima, Iapani. O le nofoaga o loʻo tu i totonu o se eria masani o nofoaga a Iapani, ma mauga laiti i le itu i matu ma le Sami Tuʻasivi o Seto i le itu i saute. Sa fausia le fale i luga o le fanua o se fale malolo anamua i sitaili Europa, lea na talepeina, ae sa faasaoina ma tausia le togalaau. Sa suʻesuʻeina le tulaga o le fale ma le tele o faamalama ina ia mafai ona vaʻaia le togalaau ma mauga mai le tele o itu eseese. O faamalama tatala e aumaia ai le leo o laulaau ma manulele. O le eria o le nofoaga e 713.24 mita fa'atafafa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Nestled in the Green Fale, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Nestled in the Green Fale e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Nestled in the Green Fale e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Wrapped by the surrounding nature, this house nestles closely within the environment in which it stands. Located in Tajiri-cho, Fukuyama, Japan, the neighboring buildings, apartments, and houses form this typical Japanese residential area. However, with small mountains stretching northward and the Seto Inland Sea to the south, one realizes this town is also surrounded by nature. Built on the plot of an former European-style vacation home, the house was demolished by the owner but the garden was tended to ever since. Like this town, the architecture creates a space wrapped delicately in nature.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site Area: 713.24 sqm
Building Area: 164.26 sqm
Tags: Nature, Architecture, Garden, Wood, Green
Design Challenge: He thought about how he understood the environment, bringing nature inside and connecting it to the outside.
Then, spent a lot of time to make the inside space merge, blending in naturally like the space in nature.
Research: Focusing on the concept of nestling the architecture within nature, He began thinking about the house and the garden from various perspectives and alongside the landscape architect, He developed the form of the house, the size and positioning of the windows over and over until reaching a singular, encompassing space and form.
Inspiration: To create a feeling of familiarity with nature, the position of the house was considered so that from inside, both the garden and mountains can be viewed from many directions. This meant that depending on the season, the shifting colours of the flowers and trees, the fluttering of birds could be enjoyed.

When they open the windows, the sound of swaying leaves and chirping birds flow inside. He hoped those things would become a normality, imagining a life experiencing nature with their five senses.
Project Duration: 2015 - 2020
Tajiri, Hiroshima
Team Members: Architect: Tomomi Omachi
Landscape Designer: Zenjiro Hashimoto
Image Credits: Photography by Tatsuya Tabii