This residential project located in Obu city, Aichi prefecture, serves also as a gallery space for the contemporary art collection of the client. This building consists of a hybrid structure, with a podium on the 1st floor level composed of reinforced concrete and glazing, and wooden boxes configured in two floor levels and placed on top of the podium. Floor area becomes larger as it goes up in higher levels. With the box on the 1st floor level in glazing, and the other boxes for 2nd and 3rd floor levels in galvanized steel siding representing different color from the 1st level, the building provides a distinct character from its proportion with a sense of floating in the space.

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Architects: APOLLO Architects

Location: Obu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Architect In Charge: Satoshi Kurosaki / APOLLO Architects & Associates

Area: 82.73 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Masao Nishikawa

Structural Engineer : Nomura Structure (Nomura Motoi)

Mechanical Engineer : Naoki Matsumoto

Lighting Design : SIRIUS LIGHTING OFFICE

Structure: Timber

Total Floor Area : 125.29 m2

© Masao Nishikawa

From the architect. This residential project located in Obu city, Aichi prefecture, serves also as a gallery space for the contemporary art ...