Yatsugatake Villa Villa by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Fausaga Fale Competition Category.
ApamemeaFausaga Fale· 2022
Yatsugatake Villa Villa
by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura
Client: MDS Co., Ltd.
A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Fausaga Fale Category
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About Yatsugatake Villa Villa
O le Yatsugatake Villa o se fale mautotogi taumafanafana o loʻo iai i Hokuto-City, Yamanashi, Iapani. O le fale e fausia i ni paipa e tolu e fa-itulau (trapezoid) ua faʻatulagaina i se faʻatulagaga peleue ma tatala i le itu i saute. O le avanoa lautele i le itu i saute e faʻaulufale mai ai le malamalama o le la i le taimi o le taumalulu malulu, aʻo le taualuga faʻalautele ma puipui pito e poloka ese ai le vevela malosi o le la i le taumafanafana. O faamalama i itu i matu ma saute e faʻataga ai matagi e agi atu i totonu o le fale. Ua faʻaaogaina le fausiaga masani a Iapani i laupapa, faʻatasi ai ma le arasi (cedar), palasita, ma faʻamalama shoji. O faʻamalama shoji tapunia e maua ai le malamalama malu, aʻo faʻamalama tatala e faʻavaaia mai ai le siʻosiʻomaga o mauga o loʻo siʻomia ai le fale.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Apamemea
O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Yatsugatake Villa Villa, 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 Yatsugatake Villa Villa 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. Yatsugatake Villa Villa e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The exterior is characterized by three modern trapezoid tubes, deforming the traditional Japanese space under deep eaves to frame the landscape in four directions. The form was derived from meticulous calculation of precipitation, the sun's movement in summer and winter, and the thermal environment. Shoji paper screens offer a space filled with soft light iconic of Japanese culture when closed, and switch to the majestic scenery framed by the walls when opened, providing two alternating scenes.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Site Area 691.00m2
Total Floor Area 110.01 m2 (1F 71.65 m2, 2F 38.36 m2)
W17,400mm x D12,300mm x H6,139mm - Tags
- Villa, Sun light, Wind, Fan-shape, Wooden, Mountain, Three adjacent shells, Sho-ji, Eaves, Farming
- Production Technology
- Contrary to the contemporary style guided by precipitation, sun rays and the surrounding environment, the construction of the house incorporates traditional Japanese wooden construction methods, with earthquake-resistant walls and large openings. Traditional Japanese techniques and components are used throughout, including plastering on the curved openings and fittings such as shoji and ranma (partition with ventilation and daylighting functions), creating a vernacular architecture.
- Design Challenge
- In Japan, especially in rural areas, the number of carpenters capable of building elaborate wooden houses is decreasing, and it was difficult to find a builder who could construct a building with a unique (challenging) design. In spite of the modern design, Japanese cedar and plastering materials are used, and shoji screens as well as other traditional materials handed down from generation to generation are fit in by the indigenous module method, enabling the definition of a Japanese space.
- Research
- Three trapezoid tubes with north-south openings sit wide open towards the south to maximize winter daylight. Glass surfaces are set back from the roof edge to avoid direct south sun rays in summer. Side walls are arranged to block the west sun. The footprint is set back from the roof edge, partly to reduce soil excavation (deep foundation below the frost line is required), creating a sitting area free from rain dripping from the roof. It is a modern version of traditional Japanese engawa space.
- Inspiration
- With exterior walls arranged to resemble a fan, the house provides framing for the landscape, maximizing the location on a plateau surrounded by fields and trees with panoramic view of mountain ranges in the distance. It is a summer resort, slightly cooler than humid summers in Tokyo, and yet the sun rays are strong and the winters are cold. The roof was extended to block direct sunlight in the summer and side walls to keep the western sun out, resulting in a series of tubular forms.
- Project Duration
- The project was completed in Hokuto-City, Yamanashi, Japan in 2012
- Operation Flow
- Considering the cold winter, the building is built in a fan shape, open to the south, in order to maximize the sunlight while the sun moves. On the other hand, in summer, the roofs and walls of the trapezoid tubes block the strong sun rays, creating shadows inside, and windows at the north and south let the breeze through to cool the airy space. The layout, guided by the thermal environment, provides various interior scenes of varying depths as seen through the openings that connect the spaces.
- Team Members
- Kiyotoshi Mori
Natsuko Kawamura - Image Credits
- Photography: Toshiyuki Yano
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