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Riverside House in Horinouchi
City Residence in Japan ? design by Mizuishi Architect Atelier
13 Jan 2017
Riverside House
Design: Mizuishi Architect Atelier
Location: Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Riverside House

This is a very small house built on the triangle site where the river and the road were crossed and made to the acute angle. For the dead-end road, it became a plan in various regulations for obtaining special permission.

Residents are husband and wife and daughter. Although it was a novel site of a limited area, since a river was faced through a bank and a promenade, I would like to design various relations with the river. The building is the form that cut an acute angle part on a triangle plan derived from the site. Furthermore, it got the maximum volume of hip roof of three planes in restriction of setback-line.
Although the level0 floor was a private space, it limits for dividing with the curtain of a race in the door, stairs, storage, etc. except for a bathroom. It enabled it to feel a spread.

The level+1 floor is divided into small areas by structural narrow walls, being connected with one by the ridgeline of a roof. So there are different open feelings and the relations with the river each.

That is

1. Dining and kitchen / the west side space up the stairs is the largest plenary, and has high ceiling with a feeling of rise towards the roof top.

2. living / The c...