A steep, timber-framed roof shelters this triangular home by Japanese practice Moriya and Partners, located on a cliff edge overlooking the sea in Yawatano, Japan.
Responding to the client's request for "a view of the sea from the living room", the home, called Setoyama, has been shortlisted in the rural house category of Dezeen Awards 2021.
Top: Setoyama was built on sloping terrain. Above: the home has a triangular form and overlooks the sea
The wood-clad upper level of the home houses a large, triangular living area and terrace, raised to create a vantage point for looking out at a nearby forest and the sea.
A narrow kitchen sits alongside this space, and below a small bedroom sits within a long, thin concrete base that supports the home. The building has a large overhang that is supported by thin steel columns
The distinctive form of the building is designed to blend in with the surroundings, with its steeply sloping, asymmetric pitched roof informed by the precipitous drop of the cliff-edge.
"One of the factors that greatly influenced the form of the building was the steep slope of the river that runs beside the site," practice founder Takahiro Moriya told Dezeen.
Full-height windows provide views across the sea
A timber truss structure supports this geometric roof form, extending from steel columns on the concrete base to create a large overhang. Thin steel supports in one corner minimise the impact on the ground.
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