There is a noble Shinto shrine on the southeastern side of the site.

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Architects: Kazuki Moroe Architects

Location: Toin, Inabe District, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Area: 132.2 sqm

Project Year: 2013

Photographs: Yuko Tada

Structural Engineer: Takashi Takamizawa?Ladderup Architect

General Contractor: Maruhei Kensetsu Co., Ltd

Site Area: 372.45 sqm

Building Area: 89.57 sqm

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From the architect. There is a noble Shinto shrine on the southeastern side of the site.I thought about how a house confronts with the forest of the Shinto shrine. At first I divided a building into four boxes to assume it a scale smaller than the Shinto shrine. Four boxes are pent roof, and the continuity of the roof harmonizes with the mountain range of the northeast side.
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Plan

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The plan of each box is the trapezoid. With the inclined ceiling, the wall widens or narrows for the Shinto shrine.
The windows facing the Shinto shrine have various forms as follows. Picture window, sliding door, corner-less window, bay window, window with louver, window over terrace.  The form and opening rate of the window is decided depending on the degree of the privacy of the room.

Section

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