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House in Minamimachi 3 by Suppose Design Office
This house in Hiroshima by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office is surrounded by an offset concrete shell to create a series of triangular terraces between the inner and outer walls.
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On the first and second storeys the spaces between the wall and house have been filled with perforated steel, creating terraces that allow light into the courtyards below.
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Rooms sit at an angle to the surrounding wall, giving the terraces and courtyards their triangular shape.
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The external wall is made of reinforced concrete while the house is a steel frame construction.
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The house was designed for a couple with two children, and has a garage, master bedroom and entrance hall on the ground floor.
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The first floor is a kitchen and living space, while the second houses the children’s bedrooms.
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All photographs are by Takumi Ota.
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House in Minamimachi 3
House in Minaminachi 3 is a residence for a couple with 2 children.
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It is standing at a place where an old shopping street and houses are still kept.
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The site area of the dwelling is only 55 sqm, and it has a square form.
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Also, houses at the area are sitting closely next each other, so the condition is quite difficult to make the residence open to outside keeping its private.
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The unique design of the house is a relationship between the building and its exterior elements.
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There are extra walls along the site, and they fully covered the dwelling that has only 29 sqm as building area.
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The house is standing with angle, not parallel to the exterior walls and site.
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Through the gap between the walls and the inside construction, sunlight is coming down well reflecting between the two structures.
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The walls create well lighting condition, and also more open environment to the outside in protecting its privacy.
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Moreover, the exterior structure succeed embody the gap area as a part of the residential space.
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Because of re-designing exterior elements that usually stay as separated materials from a house, the dwelling could create more rich life environment with well engaged outside elements.
House in Minamimachi3
Location : Hiroshima city,Japan
Principal use :parsonal house
Site area: 54.56sqm
Building area :28.92sqm
Total floor area :79.23sqm ( 1F:26.41sqm 2-1F:26.41sqm 2-2F :26.41sqm )
Completion : April. 2010
Design period: March.2008-May.2009
Donstruction period: June.2009-April. 2010
Structure: Steel structure, external wall: Reinforced concrete
Client: a couple and two children
Project architect: Makoto Tanijiri [suppose design office]+ Kenji Nawa [Nawakenji-m]
Project team: Makoto Tanijiri [suppose design office]+ Kenji Nawa [Nawakenji-m],
In-charge;Hiroshi Yamagami
Lighting: GLO-BALL S1[FLOS]
Chair: None
Products:Original table
Flooring:oak flooring
Internal Wall:Vinyl crossing
Ceiling:Vinyl crossing
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