The Sliced Imah by Yukihiro Nakagawa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Beusi in Arsitéktur Competition Category.

BeusiArsitéktur· 2024

The Sliced Imah

by Yukihiro Nakagawa

Client: MASTER CRAFT Co.Ltd

A' Design Award Beusi Winner in Arsitéktur Category

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The Design

About The Sliced Imah

Book Text: The Sliced téh imah kompak anu diwangun di Kota Bizen, Préféktur Okayama, Jepang. Desainna ngahapus rohangan anu kabuang sarta ngaronjatkeun rohangan pikeun kulawarga jeung panyimpenan. Rohangan kulawarga aya di puseur rarancang jeung katempo ti panto hareup, ku kituna kamar barudak bisa dijugjug ngaliwatan rohangan kulawarga. Aksés langsung ogé disayagikeun ka rohangan tuang, dapur, jeung kamar mandi. Lanté kahiji dipotong sudut ti dua arah, sarta struktur kai anu dipopokan nguatkeun bangunan kai sangkan tetep kuat basa lini. Jandéla-jandélana mingkeuh pamandangan alam sarta ngamasukkeun cahaya beurang.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Beusi

The Sliced Imah mangrupa juara A' Design Award Beusi, pangakuan anu bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain alus anu minuhan sarat profésional jeung industri anu diharepkeun tina kréasi anu dirarancang alus. Para juara Beusi nunjukkeun kaahlian anu hébat, spésialisasi anu luhur, pamahaman ahli jeung kamampuh kréatif para kréatorna. The Sliced Imah diharepkeun jadi kréasi anu dihargaan, dikagumi jeung dipikanyaah anu praktis jeung inovatif. Desain juara A' Design Award Beusi ieu ngalebetkeun prakték pangalusna industri sarta ngabogaan ciri téknis anu mampuh pakait jeung pangweruh praktis jeung bakat. The Sliced Imah dihormat pikeun katelitianana sarta dirarancang pikeun méré paningkatan kualitas hirup anu mantuan ngajadikeun dunya tempat nu leuwih hadé.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The client's request was for a compact house, eliminating any wasted space while increasing the family and storage space. We designed the living room to be the central gathering area of the house, visible immediately after opening the front door. This means that the children cannot go to their rooms without passing through the living room. We also ensured that the living room provided instant access to the dining room kitchen and bathroom.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site area 198.61 square metre
Total floor area 100.74 square metre
Structure Wooden
Tags: house, cheese, japan, Architecture, nature
Production Technology: To ensure the building's strength wasn't compromised, special care was taken while cutting the first floor at an angle from two directions. Additionally, reinforcing wood was incorporated into the design to ensure the coexistence of both design and strength. This is particularly important in Japan, where earthquakes are frequent and buildings must be designed to withstand seismic activity.
Design Challenge: Due to budget constraints, siding was used in areas not visible to the public instead of finishing all exterior walls with mortar.

Designing structures to withstand frequent large earthquakes in Japan is a major challenge.
Research: Creating color schemes that blend well with natural surroundings and ensuring privacy from the surrounding areas.
Inspiration: The house is simple but unique, looking like a cut up block of cheese from a cartoon. It is as if you cut a piece of cheese piece and walk inside.The windows provide a view of nature which changes with the seasons. Other windows let in light and the building is designed ecologically requiring no electricity during the day.
Project Duration: It was constructed in June 2022 in Bizen City, located in Okayama Prefecture Japan.
Operation Flow: The housekeeping lines are designed in a compact and organized manner, which allows the residents to live functionally and efficiently.
Image Credits: Photographer Senichiro Nogami