photos_(c) Hiroyuki Hirai
Two story house is located on the wooden flagpole site. To the site, and place the courtyard with a diameter of 15m in building square 30m angle. I see room residence is arranged around its courtyard, living room for that is a place to shape radiation from the entrance. By Akehanatsu the eight sliding door, inside and outside becomes integrated, living room used as a living hell and courtyard. Columns and beams has been organized in an L-Tree 75x350, L-shaped are arranged radially, thereby forming a shed roof of a large one piece. Ceiling height changes from 2.4 ~ 7.45m big roof of this one piece.
Title S Residence (Sengokubara)
Architects Shigeru Ban Architects
Structural engineers Hoshino Structural Engineering Location Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan
General contractors Hakone Construction
Principal use Residence
Site area 1770.00m2
Building area 576.89m2
Total floor area 452.60m2
Structure Timber
Number of stories +2
Completion March, 2013