The site is located in Kamakura, one of the ancient city of Japan. Y house is a house for a couple and their three children.

© Koichi Torimura

Architects: Kwas

Location: Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Area: 144.52 m2

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Koichi Torimura

Structural Engineer: Ladderup Architects. Takashi Takamizawa

Mep Engineer: a'gua e c'eu. Akihiro Nanjo

Contractor: Sekiwa. Katsunori Ishii

© Koichi Torimura

The site is located in Kamakura, one of the ancient city of Japan. Y house is a house for a couple and their three children.

© Koichi Torimura

The surrounding can be characterized by gabled roof low rise houses built in high density with lush greenery, narrow street with hedge and clayey wall. Y house is considered as a continuous space to this ambient context supported by treelike structure.
Diagram

Diagram

House Concept

The diagonal columns are tied together at the bottom and reaching the roof grid frame at their top. On the ground floor, these columns appear as trunks of trees making the space open and one continuum with the garden. In contrast, on the first floor, they become dispersed and one may feel like surrounded by branches of trees. Daily goods inserted and stored in-between these...