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With Four Children Ntlo by Ryuji Yamashita

With Four Children Ntlo by Ryuji Yamashita is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Meaho, Dikaho le Dibopego Competition Category.


BoronseMeaho· 2022

With Four Children Ntlo

by Ryuji Yamashita

Client: Toshiharu Yamashita

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

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The Design

About With Four Children Ntlo

Ntlo ea banyalani le bana ba bona ba bane. Ho na le kamore ea ho bapala bohareng ba ntlo, 'me likamore tsa bana ba bane li shebane. Ho na le litepisi le lifensetere lipakeng tsa tsona. Ha bana ba bula fensetere, fatše e ba deske e khōlō moo ba ithutang teng ba talimane. Likamore tse 'nè tsa bana li fetoha sebaka se kopantsoeng' me li hokahane le mokatong oa pele hobane li-desk li entsoe ka khalase. Ke sebaka se kopanyang lelapa libakeng tse sa tšoaneng.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award

With Four Children Ntlo 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. With Four Children Ntlo 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. With Four Children Ntlo e kutloisisa litlhoko hantle, e ama litakatso, e hapa maikutlo mme e tsosa takatso ea ho tseba.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The four children's rooms were placed facing each other, with steps and windows between them.
When the children open the windows, the floor becomes a large desk, and they study face-to-face.
The four children's rooms become an integrated space, and the desk is made of glass to connect to the first floor.
It became a space where families can be connected with various senses of distance.
Dimensions & Packaging
Site area 300.38m2
Building area: 69.56m2
Total floor area 125.65m2
1st floor: 63.35m2 2nd floor: 62.30m2
Eave height 7,176mm
Highest height 7,450mm
Production Technology
When I was a child, I was given a study desk.
But I never used it.
It was painful for me to study facing the wall.
A study desk limits where you can put things, and you can't spread out a sheet of paper. I was restricted in what I could write.
The study desk became a stumbling block and eliminated many possibilities.
In this house, the floor becomes the desk. The space is a big table.
You can sit at the desk or run around. You can even draw big pictures.
This expands the possibilities for the child.
Design Challenge
Since most of the people living in the area knew each other, privacy had to be considered.
Research
Type of Research: House Design
Research Objective: To enrich people's lives
Methodology: Leaving margins that allow for change.
Tools: CAD, CG, models
Participants: None
Result: Residents' lives are richer.
Impact: spillover of the importance of creating space without function
Inspiration
A house for a couple and their four children.
The client wanted to give each child a private room.
The four children are close in age and play together all the time.
We were concerned that having a private room would divide the family, so we decided to create a space where the children can feel connected even when they are in their own rooms.
Project Duration
June 2021 to October 2021
Operation Flow
Four children's rooms were placed across from each other, with steps and windows between them.
When the children open the windows, the floor becomes a large desk.
The four children's rooms become an integrated space.
The desks are connected to the first floor by glass.
The space became a place where the family is connected at various distances.
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Ikuya Sasaki, Photography, 2021.Image #2: Photographer Ikuya Sasaki, Photography, 2021.Image #3: Photographer Ikuya Sasaki, Photography, 2021.Image #4: Photographer Ikuya Sasaki, Photography, 2021.Image #5: Photographer Ikuya Sasaki, Photography, 2021.

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