This is a remodelling project of a Kyomachi-ya, a traditional Kyoto house, constructed over 80 years ago.

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Architects: OHArchitecture

Location: Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano

Produce: Hachise Co. Ltd.

Design: OH Architecture Kosuke Okuda, Tatsuya Horii

Contractor: Archistyle Keisuke kato

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From the architect. This is a remodelling project of a Kyomachi-ya, a traditional Kyoto house, constructed over 80 years ago.

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At first, it was a Kyomachi-ya that has been painted multiple times due to refurbishments in the last 80 years. Firtstly, for returning it to the original form, the paints were scraped off. Then, to be able to provide the minimal needs for living in a house, a white box has been placed in the building. The coexistence of the newly placed white box and the historical elements of the Kyomachi-ya, as a background, emphasizes the contrast of the old and the new, and lets the memories of the building possessed with in the flow of time surrounds the space.
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The beauty of the Kyomachi-ya architecture has represented in the building by the pillar which supported the building for more than 80 years, as well as the roof which has ...