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Wood Block House by Tadashi Yoshimura Architects
Behind a glass facade, a basket weave of timber encases the living and dining areas of this house in Nara, Japan by Japanese studio Tadashi Yoshimura Architects.
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The lattice wall can be used as a climbing frame for the client's children, but also serves as a partial screen that light may pass through.
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Named Wood Block House, the rectilinear building is raised up from the ground by stone walls.
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Photography is by Hitoshi Kawamoto.
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The following details are from the architects:
Wood Block House
The house is designed for an elderly married couple, and their grand children that occasionally stay with them.
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The site is located in a housing district developed 30 years ago that kept the natural land form. Around the site, we can see beautiful retaining wall made of granite. I try to extend the exterior topography to the interior of the building.
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If day light diminishes, the shape of the structural shear wall that creates a relationship to the site’s stone wall, is projected onto the glass façade.
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Similar to retaining stone walls, this wall is best play equipment that kids enjoy to clime, pass under the hole , sit, and see distant scenery.
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A Structural Shear Wall System of Wooden Blocks
This structural shear wall consists of ship-shaped wooden blocks. These blocks can be easily stacked without the help of skilled workers, and can be disassembled and assembled in different location if necessary.
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Architects: Tadashi Yoshimura Architects
Location: Nara, Japan
Structural Engineers: Masahiro Inayama
General Contractor: Nakayama Komuten
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Site area: 265 sq m
Building area: 86 sq m
Total floor area: 148 sq m
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Structure: wood; 2story
Principal use: residence, atelier
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Hitoshi Kawamoto
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Materials
External wall: glass, Cement board
Inner wall: Japan cedar, LVL, Lauan plywood