House in Akashi Ilé by Yousaku Tsutsumi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìkọ́lé, Ilé àti Ètò Competition Category.
FàdákàÌkọ́lé· 2021
House in Akashi Ilé
Client: Arbol
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Ìkọ́lé Category
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About House in Akashi Ilé
Ilé ní Akashi jẹ́ ilé alájà kan ṣoṣo tí a ṣe láti mú ìgbésí ayé ojoojúmọ́ súnmọ́ ẹ̀dá àyíká. A pín ilé náà sí agbègbè mẹ́ta, ní ìbámu pẹ̀lú ète àti ìwọ̀n àṣírí, èyí kọ̀ọ̀kan ní ọgbà tirẹ̀ àti ìpìlẹ̀ èrò tirẹ̀. A ṣe àwọn agbègbè fún ìgbésí ayé ìdílé, ìkórè àti ìgbádùn ẹ̀dá àyíká ní ìbámu pẹ̀lú ìfẹ́ àwọn oníbàárà. A jẹ́ kí àyè àjọpọ̀ tóbi àti kí àwọn yàrá aládàáni kéré, èyí sì ń mú kí ojú ọ̀nà ìbáṣepọ̀ àwùjọ dàgbà. Àwọn àgbàlá tí a ṣé kọjá ń mú ìmọ́lẹ̀ ọ̀sán rírọ̀ wọlé, ó sì ń mú kí ààlà tó wà láàrin inú àti òde má fọ́n. Wọ́n kọ́ àwọn ìpìlẹ̀ ilé náà pátápátá pẹ̀lú igi, ní títẹ̀lé ọ̀nà àṣà ìbílẹ̀ Japan.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award
House in Akashi Ilé jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ onípọ̀nlé lọ́nà àrà ọ̀tọ̀ tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele gíga jùlọ tó dára tó sì ń kan ọkàn. Àwọn olùborí Fàdákà jẹ́ àwọn iṣẹ́ tó ń tàn yòò gidigidi tó sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá púpọ̀ tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀, ẹ̀bùn àti ìmọ̀ràn àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé House in Akashi Ilé yóò jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àgbàyanu, àpẹẹrẹ rere, ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun jinlẹ̀. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tó hàn gbangba gidigidi tí a mọrírì tó ń ṣe anfàní tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. House in Akashi Ilé jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ń ṣe ìlara, tó ń jí ìfẹ́ inú, tó ń mú ìmọ̀lára rere wá tó sì ń jí ìyàlẹ́nu àti ìyanu.
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.
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