Aatismo has renovated Haniyasu House in Kamakura, Japan.

Named after the Japanese deity of clay, Haniyasu House is a combined residence and studio for two generations: architects and their parents, who are ceramicists.

This project involved stripping a 1967 wooden house to its structural frame and inserting four truncated pyramidal volumes composed of site-excavated soil, fired ceramic clay and oxidising metal powders.

By scaling up the material transformation processes of ceramics to an architectural level, the design creates a space reminiscent of a "primitive settlement," connecting Kamakura's geological time with contemporary creative practice through the physical accumulation of material strata.

By transforming a decaying suburban residence into a low-impact, productive cultural hub, Haniyasu House serves as a rigorous prototype for revitalising ageing infrastructure into high-quality architectural assets for future generations.