Hat on the Ridge Hoyga, Gaalariga by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura

Hat on the Ridge Hoyga, Gaalariga by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award in Naqshadeynta Qolalka Gudaha iyo Bandhigyada Competition Category.

NaxaasGudaha· 2023

Hat on the Ridge Hoyga, Gaalariga

by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura

Client: MDS Co., Ltd.

Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award Winner in Gudaha Category

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The Design

About Hat on the Ridge Hoyga, Gaalariga

Hat on the Ridge waa guri alwaax ah oo laba dabaq leh oo leh gaalari ku yaal Kamakura, Japan. Sagxadda dhulka ah ayaa si toos ah ugu fadhida dhagaxa hoose, saqafkana oo qaab pyramid afar-gees ah ayaa daboolaya bannaan aan tiir lahayn. Saqafku wuxuu ku hooseeyaa qarkiisa, wuxuuna ku sarreeyaa bartiisa dhexe. Mid kasta oo ka mid ah afarta qarka saqafka ayaa kor loogu jeediyay si loo furo aragti kala duwan: buurta, dooxada, tuulada, iyo cirka. Sidan darteed, afar meelood oo kala duwan ayaa la sameeyay. Geesaha, dabaqa sare waa la jaray ilaa dhulka, taasoo isku xidhaysa labada heer. Alaabta qadiimiga ah ayaa lagu soo bandhigay heer ku habboon nolosha maalinlaha ah.

The Recognition

About the Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award

Hat on the Ridge Hoyga, Gaalariga waa guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award, aqoonsi sharaf sare leh oo la siiyo naqshado aan caadi ahayn oo lagu garto hal-abuur, hal-abuur cusub iyo caqli. Guuleystayaasha Naxaasta waa shaqooyin xirfad buuxda leh iyo hal-abuur yaab leh oo xaqiijiya khibrad weyn, male-awaal iyo kartida naqshadeeyayaashooda. Hat on the Ridge Hoyga, Gaalariga waa walax la filayo inay noqoto mid aad loo tixgeliyo, la ixtiraamo oo la jecel yahay, xirfad cad leh oo hal-abuur cusub leh. Naqshadahan ku guuleystay Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award wuxuu ku darsadaa hab-dhaqanno ugu wanaagsan farshaxanka, sayniska, naqshadaynta iyo tignoolajiyada wuxuuna ku fiican yahay dhawrista tafaasiisha. Hat on the Ridge Hoyga, Gaalariga si fiican ayay u buuxisaa baahiyaha, taabataa rabitaannada, soo jiidataa dareenka kicinayaanna xiisaha aqoonta.

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