Japanese studio Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates has built a house' in Japan with a cross-shaped plan and huge overhanging eaves that shelter four covered gardens.
Named Kasa House, the home in the Japanese city of Kariya has an unusual plan with enclosed rooms only occupying a small amount of the space under the house's roof.
According to Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates founder Katsutoshi Sasaki, the aim of the design was to reverse the amount of space found under a typical Japanese house's eaves versus its indoor space.
Kasa House has large overhanging eaves
"The house is a new interpretation of traditional Japanese space under the eaves," he told Dezeen. "The ratio between the interior space under the roof and the space under the eaves is inverted." "The eaves of a Japanese house are usually placed at the edge of the building by about one meter, but in this project, the eaves are reversed and placed under the roof with a narrow interior space and depth," he continued.
The house has a cross-shaped plan
Under the large roof, the home's rooms are arranged in a cross shape with each arm being 2.3 metres wide.

On the ground floor, a long room that runs the length of the house contains a kitchen, study and living room. Crossing this space the other two arms of the house are divided into two floors with enclosed rooms on the ground floor and bedrooms above.
A long living space stretches the length of the house
The cross shape means that all of the ...