Light Welling House Ntlo ea Lelapa le Le Leng by Teruo Miyahara

Light Welling House Ntlo ea Lelapa le Le Leng by Teruo Miyahara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Meaho, Dikaho le Dibopego Competition Category.

BoronseMeaho· 2020

Light Welling House Ntlo ea Lelapa le Le Leng

by Teruo Miyahara

Client: Mr. and Mrs. Uc

Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award Winner in Meaho Category

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The Design

About Light Welling House Ntlo ea Lelapa le Le Leng

Light Welling House ke ntlo e arohaneng ea lelapa le le leng e hahiloe sebakeng se moqoqo sa toropo Tokyo. Sebaka sena se senyenyane 'me se na le sebopeho se sa tloaelehang, 'me leseli la tlhaho le ne le ke ke la hlaha ka lehlakoreng la bochabela kapa bophirima. Ka lebaka lena, mangoloa a entsoe joalo ka tsela ea leseli. Mehato e entsoe ka tšepe e nang le masoba, 'me sebaka sa mangoloa se na le mabota a khalase, hore leseli la letsatsi le fihlele kamore ka 'ngoe 'me le tlisoe ho tloha boemong bo ka holimo ho ea maemong a ka tlase. Boemo ba mangoloa bo ne bo hlophisitsoe ka ho bala boemo bo phahameng ba letsatsi la mariha. Likamore li phethetsoe ka 'mala o mosoeu ho phatlalatsa leseli le kopitsoeng haholoanyane.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award

Light Welling House Ntlo ea Lelapa le Le Leng ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e ikhethang e tsejoang ka boqapi, bohlale ba ho qapa le bohlale. Bahapi ba Boronse ke lintho tse nang le bokhoni ka ho felletseng le boqapi bo hlollang tse tiisang boiphihlelo bo bongata, mohopolo le bokhoni ba ho iphumana ba baqapi ba tsona. Light Welling House Ntlo ea Lelapa le Le Leng e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa bonong, mahlaleng, moralong le theknolojing mme o hlahella ka ho tsepamisa maikutlo lintlheng tse nyenyane. Light Welling House Ntlo ea Lelapa le Le Leng e kutloisisa litlhoko hantle, e ama litakatso, e hapa maikutlo mme e tsosa takatso ea ho tseba.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The client felt that a residence was a form of self exposure to the outer world. In order to live up to his expectations, this house was designed to imply the essence of the house within the urban context by bringing out the characteristics of the finishing material that was chosen. The concrete exterior walls were coated with lean mix acrylic paint, resulting in a black mottled effect according to the difference in the degree of water absorption and smoothness of the surface.
Dimensions & Packaging: The stairs are made of perforated metal to let the light seep through, and the stairwell has glass walls to allow the light to shine into each room as well as to lead and reflect the light from the top to lower levels. The positioning of the stairs was also a critical factor and therefore designed carefully, calculating the altitude of the winter sun. Moreover, the room interior was finished in white, so that the rooms would be able to borrow light in addition to having direct sunlight.
Tags: Narrow site, Light well, Mottled wall, Continuous windows, Zinc coated steel sashes, Raw brass sashes
Production Technology: On this project we designed all furnitures, all storage, kitchen set, dining table, stool, by our original design. And also we designed big sized zinc coated steel sashes. All because we needed to keep pureness of our design for the space of this house.
Design Challenge: The concrete exterior walls were coated with lean mix acrylic paint, resulting in a black mottled effect according to the difference in the degree of water absorption and smoothness of the surface. The zinc coated steel sashes were dipped in phosphate to strengthen the zinc layer, and the difference in the amount of zinc coating on the sashes projected a black patchy effect.
Research: This house is a residence designed for a couple in their 30s and their daughter. It is standing on a small and narrow site of irregular shape. The site measures approximately 57 m2 in size: approximately 12 meters deep, 6 meters across where it faces the north road, and 2.7 meters across at the deepest end. The design for this house therefore needed to focus on the ideal form of an urban detached house within the constraints of the site itself as well as laws and regulations.
Inspiration: This house is located in a residential area in the western part of Tokyo. The site itself is a narrow and small with the north side touching the road. Since natural lighting could not be anticipated from the east or west sides, how to bring light into the residence was a major issue that needed to be solved at a high level.
Our solution for this house to ensure natural lighting was to design the stairs as a path of light that would be able to distribute natural light to each room.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2004 and finished in May 2005 in Tokyo Japan.
Operation Flow: For the interior of the house, the first floor consists of an independent bedroom and bathroom. The second floor has a main room with a ceiling that partially opens onto the third floor; this aspect and the stairs made of perforated metal also contribute to the open feel of the main bedroom and tearoom on the third floor. The partitions were made of transparent glass and Japanese paper blinds so as not to divide the atmosphere.
Patents: Miyahara architect office LLC
Team Members: Teruo Miyahara
Akira Ouchi
Image Credits: Mitsumasa Fujitsuka
Miyahara architect office LLC