Add To Collection
Add to Collection
Kusafushi House
Kusafushi House
Nara, Japan
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
Other Projects by YYAA | Yoshihiro Yamamoto & Associates, Architects
Kusafushi House
Nara, Japan
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
Yagi-cho, Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, was a prosperous post town for more than 1,000 years. The town is less regulated than the neighbouring Imai-cho, where the Edo period townscape is preserved by law, and is a downtown area with a mix of buildings of various ages and styles. In recent years, pre-Showa period buildings have been demolished one after another, and the town is rapidly changing into a homogenous townscape consisting of parking lots, pre-fab houses and rental flats.
The clients had a strong belief that they wanted to live in Yagi-cho while contributing to the preservation and utilisation of the old townscape and housing. With the help of a NPO working on community development in the area, they decided to take over and renovate the east side of a large two-unit rowhouse that had been left vacant and abandoned.
The rowhouse was built before World War II and had been left for almost 30 years with all the windows shut, decaying from leaks and termites.
The eastern half of the house was once returned to naked structure, concrete basement installed, post and beams replaced and the structure reinforced to ensure earthquake resistance if the western half of the house were to be removed. The single-storey part of the house was dismantled and reassembled, with components carefully selected and re-used. The floor, walls and ceilings were insulated, all facilities and exterior doors were replaced, and the interior doors were repaired and reused.
It is easy to throw away old materials, construction methods and spaces and build a house or town with homogenous mass-produced products, but it is impossible to revive the cultural layers that have been lost. By carefully examining the old elements and carefully exploring ways to co-exist with new ways of living and thinking, we hope to create a residence that connects the past with the future, and that this will eventually have some impact on the city.
The clients had a strong belief that they wanted to live in Yagi-cho while contributing to the preservation and utilisation of the old townscape and housing. With the help of a NPO working on community development in the area, they decided to take over and renovate the east side of a large two-unit rowhouse that had been left vacant and abandoned.
The rowhouse was built before World War II and had been left for almost 30 years with all the windows shut, decaying from leaks and termites.
The eastern half of the house was once returned to naked structure, concrete basement installed, post and beams replaced and the structure reinforced to ensure earthquake resistance if the western half of the house were to be removed. The single-storey part of the house was dismantled and reassembled, with components carefully selected and re-used. The floor, walls and ceilings were insulated, all facilities and exterior doors were replaced, and the interior doors were repaired and reused.
It is easy to throw away old materials, construction methods and spaces and build a house or town with homogenous mass-produced products, but it is impossible to revive the cultural layers that have been lost. By carefully examining the old elements and carefully exploring ways to co-exist with new ways of living and thinking, we hope to create a residence that connects the past with the future, and that this will eventually have some impact on the city.
Product Spec Sheet
Were your products used?
Join as a manufacturer to add your products.