House in Akashi Imah by Yousaku Tsutsumi

House in Akashi Imah by Yousaku Tsutsumi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Perak in Arsitéktur Competition Category.

PerakArsitéktur· 2021

House in Akashi Imah

by Yousaku Tsutsumi

Client: Arbol

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Arsitéktur Category

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The Design

About House in Akashi Imah

Imah di Akashi mangrupikeun imah hiji tingkat anu dirarancang pikeun ngadeukeutkeun kahirupan sapopoé kana alam. Imah ieu dibagi jadi tilu zona, dumasar kana tujuan sareng darajat privasina, sarta unggal zona miboga taman sareng konsépna sorangan. Wewengkon pikeun kahirupan kulawarga, panén, sareng pikeun ngararasakeun kaéndahan alam disaluyukeun kana minat klién. Rohangan babarengan dijaga sangkan lega sedengkeun kamar pribadi leutik, anu ngadorong suasana anu sosial. Buruan anu katutup ngajakan cahaya beurang anu lembut asup ka jero imah sarta ngaburamkeun wates antara jero jeung luar. Struktur ieu diwangun sagemblengna tina kai, nuturkeun métode tradisional Jepang.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

House in Akashi Imah mangrupa juara A' Design Award Perak, pangakuan anu luar biasa bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain kelas luhur, endah jeung matak kagum. Para juara Perak téh karya anu pohara cemerlang jeung pohara kréatif anu ngagambarkeun kaahlian, bakat jeung kapinteran para désainerna. House in Akashi Imah diharepkeun jadi karya anu éndah, karya andalan anu pohara profésional jeung pohara inovatif. Desain juara A' Design Award Perak ieu mangrupa panemuan anu pohara kasohor jeung dikagumi anu mangpaat sarta ngamajukeun watesan seni, élmu, desain jeung téknologi. House in Akashi Imah mangrupa kréasi anu pohara diirikeun anu ngahudang kahayang, ngabawa rasa positip, jeung ngahudangkeun rasa heran jeung kagum.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: A minimalist house designed to immerse one with nature, promoting a unique lifestyle. The house is divided into three zones based on purpose and degree of privacy, each with a garden and unique concept. Areas for family, harvest and celebrating nature are carefully designed and tailored to the client’s interests, and the courtyards naturally and softly light the house. The prominence of nature within the design and sensory experiences serves to blur the boundaries between outside and inside.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site area: 172.81㎡ Floor Area: 81.07㎡
Building dimensions: 11,250mm x 9,100mm x 3,570mm
Tags: Architecture, Japanese, Nature, Wood Structure, Privacy, Residential, House
Production Technology: Arbol have a deep understanding of the merits of various types of timber for different purposes; this allowed the design to be constructed entirely from wood with no sacrifice to the performance. The project is therefore extremely sustainable in its construction, offering a design which is in harmony with the nature it celebrates.
Design Challenge: The key challenge was to incorporate all the essential spaces within a small site area, on a single storey while still hosting elements which are essential to the house's artistic vision, such as courtyards and the surrounding walls for privacy.
Inspiration: The project is inspired by ideas of how the user is immersed within nature. The project is motivated by the pursuit of an environment that maximises communal space and harmonises wind, nature, sunlight, lifestyle and privacy. These elements are all contained within a structure influenced by the conventional method -zai rai kou hou- of traditional Japanese wooden construction.
Project Duration: The design started in April 2017, and construction lasted from January - July 2018. The house is located in Akashi city in Hyogo prefecture, Japan.
Operation Flow: The house is designed specifically around the client’s lifestyle and desire for an environment promoting tranquillity and deep comfort. Communal space is as large as possible while private rooms are as small as possible, encouraging a social atmosphere. Enclosing the gardens within the house allows for the intended vision to be realised regardless of the immediate surroundings, thus capturing the endless expanse of the outer world within a city dwelling.
Image Credits: Image #1-4 : Photographer Yasunori Shimomura, House in Akashi, 2018.