▫︎Architect: Joe Chikamori/07BEACH
▫︎Location: Kyoto city
▫︎Use: Private house
▫︎Construction type/structure: newly-built, wooden structure
▫︎Site area：133.85㎡
▫︎Building area：79.50㎡
▫︎Gross floor area：131.19㎡
▫︎Designing period: Dec.2015 – Sep.2018
▫︎Construction period: Mar.2018 – Jan.2019
▫︎Contractor: Kyuma design and construction
▫︎Structure engineer：STROOG
▫︎Photographs: Yosuke Ohtake
▫︎Awards:
-Frame Awards 2020_House of the Year “People’s Choice Award”
-2020 Architizer A+Awards_the Residential Interiors “Special Mention”
-ArchDaily 50 Best Architectural Projects of 2019
The house is for a couple and their three little children, located in a quiet residential area in northern Kyoto city.
The site environment is where neighbor houses are standing at the edge of the east, west, and south boundary, and houses are lined on the other side of the north narrow road.
The specific requests at the beginning were not so many. Their needs came to clear little by little, as various plans were proposed.
Since the couple preferred a simple and open plan and also they must keep watching their three children are constantly moving, the house was designed as one big space, placing the double-height living room at the center so that they can see where and who does what.
After placing car parking at the front and laying out required inner rooms, enough space for a garden was hardly left at the back side of the site, and there are neighbor’s walls blocking closely even if the windows are opened on the outer walls. Therefore, it was considered that taking a courtyard was effective in terms of daylighting as well.
However, a courtyard enclosed with glazed walls in a limited width of the site makes the left space tight, thus, the indoor tree idea that is as if a courtyard drew into the room inside came up in mind.
It is expected that the tree which will grow close to three children will strengthen the relationship between the family and the house as if the tree is another member of the family.
Finishings were chosen in the balance between the modern structure of the house and a traditional Japanese style from the husband’s preference.
The bathroom was placed in the middle of the house facing the living room so that the husband who likes taking a bath above all could enjoy it with his children like an open-air bath, looking at the trees.
Although a curtain-rail was set in the bathroom just in case, even after a few months of living there, it seems the family got used to the exposed bathroom as they are still using it without a curtain.
It is like the character of the residents and the house got very close now after a lot of discussions spending time, designing back and forth.
▫︎設計: 近森穣/07BEACH
▫︎所在地: 京都市
▫︎用途: 個人住宅
▫︎工事種別/構造: 新築/木造
▫︎敷地面積: 133.85㎡
▫︎建築面積: 79.50㎡
▫︎延床面積: 131.19㎡
▫︎設計期間: 2015.12月 – 2018.9月
▫︎施工期間: 2018.3月 – 2019.1月
▫︎施工:久馬設計工務
▫︎構造設計: STROOG
▫︎写真: 大竹 央祐
▫︎Awards:
-Frame Awards 2020_House of the Year “People’s Choice Award”
-2020 Architizer A+Awards_the Residential Interiors “Special Mention”
-ArchDaily 50 Best Architectural Projects of 2019
京都市北区、閑静な住宅地に建つ夫婦と幼い子供3人の為の住宅。
東西南境界に接するように隣家が建ち、北側5.5mの前面道路を挟んで向かいに住宅が並ぶという敷地環境。
開始時点での具体的な要望はさほど多くなかった。様々なプランを提案しながら施主とじっくりどのような家にしたいか決めていった。
明快で開放的なプランを好まれ、また3人の子供達が絶えず動き回り目が離せない中で、吹き抜けのリビングを中心に家が一つの空間として繋がり、お互い誰が何をしてるかいつも感じられるような家の構成になった。
前面に駐車スペースを取り、内部の諸室を配置していくとわずかに残る敷地奥に十分な庭は取れず、また外周面は窓を開けても隣家の壁という状況に中庭を取るのが採光面でも効果的と考えた。ただ間口の限られる中で中庭をガラス壁で囲い取ると残るスペースが窮屈になり、直接庭を室内に取り込んだような室内樹木の案へと発展していった。
これから子供達3人と身近に成長していく1本の木は、もう一人家族が増えたような存在として人と家の結び付きを強めてくれる存在になるのではと考えている。
元々和の設えが好きな旦那さんの好みと構造体からして現代的な構成の家とのバランスを取りながら仕上をまとめていった。
お風呂が何より好きな旦那さんが露天風呂のように子供達と木を眺めながら入れるようリビングに面して家の真ん中に浴室を配置した。
一応浴室にはカーテンレールを設けてあるが住み始めて数ヶ月、おおらかな夫婦はカーテンを用意する前に丸見えのお風呂に慣れたのかそのまま使われていると聞くと、時間を掛け行きつ戻りつしながら出来上がった家は、住み手の人柄と家の性質がとても近いものになったと感じている。
