HOUSE IN HAMADAYAMA
HOUSE IN HAMADAYAMA produces wide, airy spaces within a typical narrow, long residential lot in Tokyo.
The house is designed as a long, solid box of overlapping spaces through changes in levels by half-stories. The entrance is located on the ground level, above it is the bedroom and its corresponding services. The bathroom protrudes out of the building as a cantilevered box. The third and fourth levels house the kitchen and dining areas, as well as the living room, respectively. Through the progression of floor levels, light is funneled through the stairwell towards every room of the house.
The construction of this structure is made possible by its lightweight bearing system developed with structural designer Hirokazu Toki. The timber frame consists of slender elements solidified by the eastern bearing wall, allowing for structural integrity during tectonic movement. Given the weak ground due to a proximal river, a wooden frame is further necessary to enforce the stability of the building.
- LOCATION
- Tokyo,JP
- PROGRAM
- Residence
- YEAR
- 2006
- SIZE
- 70.33 sqm
- STRUCTURE
- Wooden construction
- LEAD ARCHITECT
- Satoshi Okada
- TEAM
- Daikichi Honma
- COLLABORATORS
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- STRUCTURAL DESIGN:
- Hirokazu Toki
- CONTRACTOR:
- Tsukasa Kenchiku co.
- PHOTO CREDITS:
- Koichi Torimura
- Satoshi Okada
