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80.84 by Ninkipen!
Japanese studio Ninkipen! have completed a family house in Nara, Japan, comprising staggered rectangular volumes.
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A skylight pierces both floors of the residence to draw light down into the kitchen.
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The open-plan interior is finished in white, with wooden flooring and detailing.
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There are no doors inside the house, instead rooms flow into one another through interconnected doorways.
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The living spaces and one bedroom are located on the ground floor with a further two rooms on the next floor, each adjoining a roof terrace.
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Photographs are by Hiroki Kawata.
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Here's some more information from the architects:
This is a small residence for a couple with one child, situated in Nara, Japan.
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The neighborhood is determined by a large number of individual houses spread over a gentle slope facing south.
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During the design process, the lot right beside was yet empty and it was unclear what was going to be built.
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Therefore, the design had to be autonomous, but at the same time it should be able to react positively on whatever was going to be built next door.
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The volume of the house is constituted of an uneven volume, split and shifted both in ground plan and elevation into sub-volumes that are visually separated, but connected through continuous lighting and ventilation.
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The interior space is characterized by interconnected cubes with no doors, privacy is ensured by deliberate nooks and narrowings between the rooms.
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Even though the house is with 80.84 m2 relatively small, the continuous spaces that always let anticipate the following room, convey a sense of larger extent.
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Project name
80.84
Architect
YASUO IMAZU/ninkipen! Architect office
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Use: house
Location: Nara, Japan
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Process
Design 2008.2-2008.7
Construction 2008.8-2009.3
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Scale
Site area 134.57m2
Building area 65.24m2
Total floor area 80.84m2
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