The site is located in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, a well-known summer resort. Passing through fields and woodlands, the site lies along the forest path in a grove of mixed trees. Our client is a married couple that enjoys organic farming on the weekends, and their wish was to reserve as much of the environment as possible and to live in the surrounding woods. We avoided large-scale construction and a majority of felling to build the rooms on the few remaining flat surfaces of the sloping ground, as if sewing them together.

© Koji Fujii - Nacasa & Partners Inc

Architects: Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

Location: Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Area: 156.0 sqm

Photographs: Koji Fujii - Nacasa & Partners Inc, Courtesy of Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
© Koji Fujii - Nacasa & Partners Inc

The site is located in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, a well-known summer resort. Passing through fields and woodlands, the site lies along the forest path in a grove of mixed trees. Our client is a married couple that enjoys organic farming on the weekends, and their wish was to reserve as much of the environment as possible and to live in the surrounding woods. We avoided large-scale construction and a majority of felling to build the rooms on the few remaining flat surfaces of the sloping ground, as if sewing them together.

© Koji Fujii - Nacasa & Partners Inc

Since the site is located in the midst o...