Casaneiro | UID Architects

Nara / Japan / 2016

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To construct architecture is to create an environment.


 This project is a house built within a quiet residential area of Nara prefecture.


 The site is on a gentle hill that was developed for residential use, with 1-meter height difference that was covered by a stone wall. I’d like to think of an interactive human-nature relationship that takes advantage of such an environment with fieldstones.


 Specifically, this involves breaking up the volume of the large, interior/exterior-inclusive space using nearby walls. These segments were then horizontally realigned to create a new spatial domain. Furthermore, the diving walls were then treated with color to reflect the delicate changes of light and breeze, capturing each season to induce unique expressions in each space. The feather-like light reflections float at the ceiling surface, generating graduations of serene light to create a beautiful and mysterious abyss-like place.


 Starting with cherry blossoms in spring, summer iris, fall foliage and gingko leaves, followed by winter pine and bamboo…. Reading the layers of color that bloom inside the seasonal trees and flowers, melodies of nature and its abundant fragrance, the house will be an environment for composing a rich and fruitful every life.



[JP]


奈良県の閑静な住宅街に建つ二世帯のための住まいである。


敷地はなだらかな丘を雛壇状に宅地造成した一画にあり、道路面と1m程度の高低差は大きな生駒石によって覆われていた。この自然石を含めた敷地の状態を活かしながら、周辺環境とのインタラクティブな関係を目指した。


今回、建蔽率及び容積率の最大値を活かした大きな一室空間のボリュームに対して、近接する10枚の壁により分節し、重層するレイヤーをランドスケープと合わせ横断的につなぐことで生まれる新たな空間領域の豊かさを考えた。また、クライアントからのテーマであった色については日本の四季の情景を結晶化したような王朝時代の“かさね色”から数十種類の色味の試作や、ランドスケープに配植する花の色と合わせ検討を繰り返しながら、“かさね色”の空間を構成した。


それぞれ間合いの違う壁面が生み出す9つの空間領域は彩りを施すことで、変化する陽光や風のゆらぎ、季節のうつろいなどを映し出すだけでなく、多彩な表情を生み出す要素となった。天井という存在感が消失するような壁と壁との隙間が生み出す、水平・垂直方向の身体的距離感によって、色とりどりの美しい静謐な光の階調から、底知れぬ深淵のような居場所まで生み出していく。


 


春ならば桜にはじまり、夏には杜若、秋は紅葉や銀杏、冬には松や竹など春夏秋冬の樹々や草花、自然の音色や薫りなど季節折々のかさね色を詠みとりながら、日常の豊かな時間を奏でていく環境になるだろう。


 


Architects                           …Keisuke Maeda / UID


Consultants                        … Konishi Structural Engineers – Yasutaka Konishi, structural; Toshiya Ogino Landscape Design – Toshiya Ogino, landscape                                          


General contractor              …Soken Co., Ltd. 


Structural system                …Timber structure


Used materials                   …lithin paint, exterior; cedar(flooring), lithin paint (wall, ceiling), interior


Site area                         …353.33㎡


Built area                       …168.72㎡


Total floor area                       …210.68㎡


Date of completion                …2016


Location                                 Nara-City, Nara, Japan


 


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All images Nacasa & Partners Inc.

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    To construct architecture is to create an environment.  This project is a house built within a quiet residential area of Nara prefecture.  The site is on a gentle hill that was developed for residential use, with 1-meter height difference that was covered by a stone wall. I’d like to think of an interactive human-nature relationship that takes advantage of such an environment with fieldstones.  Specifically, this involves breaking up the volume of the large,...

    Project details
    • Year 2016
    • Work finished in 2016
    • Status Completed works
    • Type Single-family residence / Interior Design
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