Hikone House | HEARTH ARCHITECTS

The size of the house is two divisions.There are connecting roads in north and south, the house has two different aspects.I made each different aspects for the front and the back.

The first aspect is made as the front in south, which has a living room, a dining room and a kitchen, in addition, a private garden.It has reinforced concrete construction walls and a large room which can protect privacy.It is simple structure but a symbolic.The second aspect is made as the back in nouth.There is a Japanese-style room where the client can relax like a cottage separate from the main building.

And there is a Japanese-style garden.I arranged spaces needed privacy.I thought about the line of flow for housework in spaces.It has a different symbolism from the front.

These two appearances are symbolic but fit into the surroundirgs well.I tried to make the house where the family can deepen family ties, and where the family can be integrated with the external environment by the large roof.

Information 

Construction: built of wood

Number of stories : 2

Gross area: 183.00㎡

Location:　Shiga/Japan

Completed date: 2018.6

The name of the photographer is “Yuta Yamada”