Japanese architects Shinichi Ogawa & Associates have completed this house in Hiroshima, Japan, with one wall glazed in sliding panels that open onto a grassy courtyard.
Called Warehouse, the long narrow space has an open-plan interior.
Above photograph is by Yoshiyuki Yano
A free-standing structure in the double-height space houses cabinets and private rooms, while the top of the largest unit can be used as an extra floor.
Above photograph is by Yoshiyuki Yano
At night, light from the inside can be seen from the street through a frosted glass courtyard wall.
Above photograph is by Yoshiyuki Yano
Photographs are by the architects unless stated otherwise.
Above photograph is by Yoshiyuki Yano
Here's more detail from the architects:
The house is essentially a large, “one room space” with functional furniture (millwork).
Above photograph is by Yoshiyuki Yano
This site is located in the suburb, Higashihiroshima-shi in Hiroshima, Japan. There are low-rise houses vastly spread around this rural district.
The building is a single volume house with dimensions of 3.0m H. x 8.0m W. x 21.5m L. with a courtyard enclosed by frosted glass.
The interior of this “one room space” is composed of a hall, living/dining room and a kitchen, bathroom, Japanese-style room, study room, and a master bedroom, which are all laid out in a linear arrangement.
This “one room space” is compartmentalized into several spaces by the floor level changes and the arrangement of functional furniture.
The top of the functional furniture creates yet another floor, which is planned to be the child room, while the inside of this functional furniture is planned for private space.
Hence, while being able to feel and be part of this vast, “one room space”, simultaneously, one is able to have privacy, by aligning the top of the functional furniture to the same height.
Above photograph is by Yoshiyuki Yano
The interior space seamlessly connects with the courtyard on the south side of the house, due to the sliding glass doors which can fully open and let the interior become one with nature.
Above photograph is by Yoshiyuki Yano
This house enables a comfortable, luxurious space where the residents' daily actions are accomplished and where one can live along with the change of nature.
Above photograph is by Yoshiyuki Yano
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how difficult can it be! this shows how beautiful simpicity is. real architecture.
so, why it's titled as 'warehouse'?
Clear, simple and convenient.
good work
For persons who can't stand clutter. And I can't stand bugs in the house. Otherwise super clean design.
nothing short of exquisite
Acoustic privacy?
Love it. Very Contemporary. I like the room-in-room concept.
The singular door on a bare wall to enter the building must be Shinichi Ogawa & Associates trademark, quite the minimalist statement, which works really well as an introduction to the interior.
I'd love to know if the owners actually live this minimalist lifestyle to the extreme and hide away everything they use after they have finished with it.
Having a kid's room and no acoustic privacy. I appreciate the beauty in the simple wholesomeness of it all, but I wouldn't live in it.
Hands up who's bored with the austere white on white Japanese aesthetic?
Beautiful.
Question: How is the structure over the sliding doors supported? The span is huge.
I imagine the structure over the sliding doors will be a (steel) truss beam.
Japanese people obviously never have sex – kids room overlooking the master bedroom with no walls or anything between . . . they must not have mosquitoes either. I wonder how the toilet ventilates, there don't seem to be any ducts coming out of the volume. It's still gorgeous though, nice big spaces, very photogenic.
Minimalism design pushed to its extremes,still they managed to do an excellent job.
Excellent concept, but I'm not sure I'm on board with the execution…and poor Mies…his beautiful chair is everywhere. When will Ikea cheapen it further?