Hat on the Ridge Motse, Galeri by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura

Hat on the Ridge Motse, Galeri by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Sebaka sa Ka Hare le Dipontsho Competition Category.

BoronseKa Hare· 2023

Hat on the Ridge Motse, Galeri

by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura

Client: MDS Co., Ltd.

Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award Winner in Ka Hare Category

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The Design

About Hat on the Ridge Motse, Galeri

Hat on the Ridge ke ntlo ya bodulo ya mahlaka a mabedi e etsuweng ka kota, e nang le galeri Kamakura, Japane. Bodifo ba lehlaka bo emeng ka ho toba holim'a lefika la motheo, mme marulelo a sebopeho sa piramite e sekwere a koahela sebaka se se nang dikota tsa tshehetso. Marulelo a tlase mathoko, empa a phahame bohareng. E nngwe le e nngwe ya mathoko a mane a marulelo e phethohile ka hodimo ho bulehela pono e fapaneng: thabeng, phulaneng, motseng le lehodimong. Ka tsela ena, dibaka tse nne tse fapaneng di thehuwa. Dikhoneng, kgato e ka hodimo e khaotswe ho fihlela fatshe, e hokahanya maemo a mabedi. Dintho tsa boholo-holo di bontshwa ka tekanyo ya bophelo ba letsatsi le letsatsi.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award

Hat on the Ridge Motse, Galeri 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. Hat on the Ridge Motse, Galeri 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. Hat on the Ridge Motse, Galeri 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: 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