House
in Yotsukaido
Located
in suburb area of Chiba pref., House
in Yotsukaido stands on the corner plot site facing a retention basin. Generally
speaking, a ground floor is bigger than or at least equal size to a upper
floor, here inversed condition occurs, a bigger upper floor on top of a ground
floor. Le corbusier `s Villa Savoye would be a good example of this
composition. What differs from it is that load bearing system, not columns but
semi opaque walls. The semi opaque walls, made out of polycarbonate, are wrapped
around the ground floor providing a bright garden underneath of eaves. When it
gets dark, similar to jelly fish or spaceship, interior lights illuminate outside
creating floating atmosphere. The house becomes a new landmark around the
context.
Type:
Residential single family house
Location:
Chiba, Japan
Building
status: built in 2011
Site
size:160m2
Site
type: suburb
Building
area:96m2
Main
structure: timber frame
Number
of stories:2