Slideshow: the cantilevered upper storeys of this house in Osaka by Japanese architect Shogo Iwata hover above a driveway.
Completed in 2010, the three-storey-high House in Senri contains a total of eight tiered floors, connected to one another by sets of four or five stairs at a time.
The uppermost floor is a roof terrace, which is tucked down behind a parapet wall at the top of the grey-rendered facade.
The entrance is located on the side of the building, sheltered by a cantilevered canopy.
You can see more cantilevered buildings here, including a hotel with a mirrored underside.
Photography is by Nagaishi Hidehiko.
Here's a little more from Shogo Iwata:
House in Senri
This house is planned for a family, husband, wife and their son.
This small house has 8 levels of floor between entrance in the basement to the roof terrace in order to constitute every space not in concentrated way by big void but reciprocal relation of each space.
This arrangement makes the notion of floor ambiguous and the continuity of space compatible with the hierarchy of space.
In order to realize this spatial constitution with small gap we adopt steel structure.
We use visible steel frame in 40mmx125mm flat bar that allow us to make each space flow without gravity.
Project title: House in Senri
Location: Suita, Osaka, Japan
Architect: Shogo Iwata
Main use: Residence
Site area: 244.3㎡
Building area:83.78㎡
Total floor area: 156.50㎡
B 1st floor: 6.30㎡
1st floor: 79.20㎡
2nd floor: 71.00㎡
Building area: 83.78㎡
Structure: Steel
Date of completion: 2010/06
Interesting! But I certainly need some drawing to understand it.
From the first image I thought, what have they done to JJP Oud's Weissenhofproject, but then I calmed down when I realized it's just a classic Corbu with a major cantilever.
plans plz! dezeen is not elle deco!
Hi Hugh,
Sorry, we left them out by accident! We'll add them today so do check back later.
Very interesting. It is not suitable in residential design but acrobatics.
The cantilever is striking and the interior space is visually diverse. How is the engineering going to respond to earthquakes there?
John
That is my question as well – it's an interesting design, but what type of engineering has been instituted to combat an earthquake prone area with such a dramatic cantilever? I would be interested to know.
splendid house (excuse my Elle Decoration lingo today)! I love the discrete richness of detailing, as well as the so many unique corners that make this apparently austere house. when I get to Oasaka, it'll be my first house to visit, then tha Andos and the Waros…
Tour de force of design but as a place to live…not for me.
i think that Loos would be proud. :)
Escher stairs of death.