Here's another house by Osaka studio TOFU Architects (see their N House in our earlier story), this time located in Fukui, Japan, and completely wrapped in a material normally used for roofing.
Called Y House, the tall narrow building has a sloping roof and staggered façade clad in an aluminium-zinc alloy.
There are three storeys at the front of the house but the sloping roof means there are only two floors at the rear of the building.
The living space is located on the second floor, with a large window providing views of the surrounding fields and mountains.
The spare room sits in the eaves at the very top of the house, with a little glazed section in the middle of its floor, allowing views into the level below.
Photographs are by Dan Imai.
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Here's some more information from the architects:
Y-HOUSE
This is small house for the young couple in Obama, Fukui, Japan. There is a vacant lot around the site.
So, by creating a large window on the second floor, it is possible to see paddy fields, mountains, sky and feel to spread over a floor area.
This plan has high ceilings and large living with cross sections of two small rooms. By the relationship between great room and small room, we created many different places in the small house.
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The house is wrapped with galvalume, the black masses standing quietly in vacant lot are familiar with the countryside.
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Architects: TOFU
Location: Obama,Fukui,Japan
Project Architect: Fumiya Ogawa+Tomonobu Higashino
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Site Area: 253.24 sqm
Project Area: 80.46 sqm
Project Year: 2010
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Long Tall House by Spacespace |
Fiscavaig Project by Rural Design |
bit boring. the gass floor will have a rug on it in no time.
I see London, I see France…
It is not clear only one, how to live in this house under high voltage wires?
front elevation is the only interesting part really
In a few years people will see this in the same light as they see 1970`s Lodon council tower blocks. A deep sigh of passive resignation escapes me.
It's not over the top… but the front elevation has a good amount of caracter. Definetely the best bit.
Good call on the glazed floor!
I love the materials inside and out. I fully agree that the front facade has a good deal of character, and it’s the only cue of the interior interest. It’s amazing how much has been put inside of the envelope.
great planning; very compact but retaining the proportions of section/plan + creating comfortable spaces. well expressed materiality.
i also wonder if they put radiation insulation in the roof – that neighbouring pylon is menancing!
good domestic project
Ah, a Japanese house. So it must have no connection with its surroundings, will have hideous power grid cables everywhere, no concern for safety or the heating bill and a small plot of land made even more useless by the design, which is more about art than about living. Well, this time it looks like the architect could contain himself, but apart from the front part it is quite boring.
From the interior design side it’s a bit boring, but the exterior is nicely done. Small but overviewable. Another thing is the high voltage power lines above the house cause permanent strong electric fields.