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House in Fukuyama by Suppose Design Office
This house by Suppose Design Office in Hiroshima, Japan, is nestled into the hillside beneath a road and commands views over the city of Fukuyama.
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Rooms requiring privacy, such as bedrooms and bathrooms, are concealed in two towers, while the living and dining room occupy glazed plateaus in between.
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House in Fukuyama
The house in Fukuyama is standing at rising of a brae where it has a panoramic view of Fukuyama city.
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The client wanted their house to open to the great view of the city, and on the same time, to close from surroundings for privacy.
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For the two opposite requests, we designed the house considering a form of the site and its material use.
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Because the site was placed at lower level of a street, all rooms were put at the level to block neighbors eyes, and at the opposite side, it is fully open to the Fukuyama city.
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At the open side, living room and dining room is placed, and they have same finishes as exterior walls.
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For rooms that are for private like a bathroom, they have more clean and smooth finishes.
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Because of the differences of the site uses and material finishes, there are more varieties of atmosphere inside.
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Moreover, through the same finish walls with outside, trees in a mountain and a courtyard are reflected to the inside. The shadows of the trees connect inside and outside more closely and open as if the interior is a part of the hill.
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We hope the house is creating space that has well harmonize between privacy and open in reconsidering the condition of the site and the meaning of material of architecture.
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