Rotating Squares
The site is located in the island of Hiroshima, Japan.
Three sides of the site face the calm environment of Setonaikai
Sea.
The building is weekend house for 4-person family.
The plan has the outline of 4
squares with rotated by a unit of 3 degrees.
Its plan leaves the outline which
the square from which four sizes differ rotated by a unit of 3 degrees. Each
outline is articulated by elements as mass, void, sanitary space, and
furniture.
Nested space composition diffuses
the gradation of space from a central courtyard - 7.5mx7.5m, and makes the rich
continuity in the simple rectangle spaces.
Furthermore, a courtyard is
extended to the upper private space and developed to the terrace of the north
side.
By operating with few angles,
though a privacy level is adjusted, the open one room is realized.
It is the space which can make an
excursion, continuing infinitely.