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House with Tiny Pool by Shunichiro Ninomiy

House with Tiny Pool by NRM-Architects Office

Japanese architect Shunichiro Ninomiy of NRM-Architects Office has used an atrium and small pool of water to admit light indirectly to the ground floor of this east-facing home in Osaka, Japan.

House with Tiny Pool by Shunichiro Ninomiy

Called House With Tiny Pool,  the two-storey wooden structure is enclosed with a high-walled courtyard preventing direct glare into the ground floor.

House with Tiny Pool by Shunichiro Ninomiy

Sunlight enters through large windows on the first floor, where a white wall bounces it down through the atrium to the lower storey.

House with Tiny Pool by Shunichiro Ninomiy

Rooms on the second floor are set back from this facade to prevent direct sunlight.

House with Tiny Pool by Shunichiro Ninomiy

The small pool of water is visible from all rooms in the house.

House with Tiny Pool by Shunichiro Ninomiy

All photographs are by Eiji Tomita.

House with Tiny Pool by Shunichiro Ninomiy

Here's some more from the architect:


House with Tiny pool
Ensure that lighting and ventilation while maintaining privacy, "courtyard" is the configuration space, this plan is not a common tactic that the south side lighting in order to get a light, light work actively east Mashita.

House with Tiny Pool by Shunichiro Ninomiy

Space constraints in the various aspects and large glass atrium at the south side lighting because sunlight enters the room too, but problems arise due to heat and light it, light and east, reflecting the use of the courtyard wall I get a light in the light, and efforts to solve the problems of the south side lighting.

House with Tiny Pool by Shunichiro Ninomiy

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Architects : Shunichiro Ninomiya + Tomoko Morodome / NRM-Architects Office
Location : Osaka,Japan

House with Tiny Pool by Shunichiro Ninomiy

Principal use : personal house
Structure : wood structure, 2stories

House with Tiny Pool by Shunichiro Ninomiy

Site area : 244.23sqm Building area : 78.15sqm
Total floor area : 129.08sqm

House with Tiny Pool by Shunichiro Ninomiy

Project completion : 2009
Photograph : Eiji Tomita

House with Tiny Pool by Shunichiro Ninomiy

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