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House in Kobe by Keiichi Sugiyama
This family house with a wooden interior in Kobe, Japan is by Japanese architect Keiichi Sugiyama.
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The garden can be accessed by all the rooms on the ground floor and large windows allow plenty of natural light into the space.
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The living spaces are arranged on the ground floor, with bedrooms located on the first.
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Photographs are by Yoshiharu Matsumura.
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The following information is from the architects:
This house for a family of three is located at the quiet suburb of Kobe, Japan.
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The site, in the town lined with detached houses orderly, placed between the road in the south and the north.
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The inhabitant approaches from the road on the north side.
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As for the south, street trees grow up, and verdure is abundant.
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I arranged the house on the north edge of the site as much as possible.
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By doing so, the garden becomes larger.
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And I planted one big tree on the west side of the south garden.
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In the near future, verdure in the south garden assimilate with street trees.
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In interior, wrapped in soft light from the roof window, it is composed of a wall of lauan veneer and a white painted wall.
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Living room, Japanese style room, and any space in the house is connected to the south garden by big windows where natural light and wind are taken.
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Architect: Keiichi Sugiyama
Location: Kobe, Japan
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Completion date: 2007
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Site Area: 244.59m2
Built Area: 85.5m2
Total Floor Area: 119.73m2
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