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F-WHITE

Kashiwa, Japan
 
A project by: Takuro Yamamoto
 
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 F-WHITE is an independent one-storied house with a courtyard for a single family.  This house is located in suburb of Tokyo, and its neighborhood was developed 30 years ago. But no house had been built on this site, because the size of the site happened to be 1.5 times larger than typical size for suburban houses, though the width is not so big.... read more
 F-WHITE is an independent one-storied house with a courtyard for a single family.  This house is located in suburb of Tokyo, and its neighborhood was developed 30 years ago. But no house had been built on this site, because the size of the site happened to be 1.5 times larger than typical size for suburban houses, though the width is not so big. So this place had been unpopular, and used as a parking lot for a long time.   Though the site was unusual ?larger than standard?, the budget for the house was usual. We had to find a way to make a good use of character of this site, with limited floor area.  Thanks to the size of the site, the sky above the center part of the place was so beautiful, because it is separated from electric wires over streets and windows of neighbor houses. So we decided to put a courtyard (which doesn?t cost so much) with privacy, on the center of the site. This decision made this house one-storied, because lower height is suitable for the courtyard style, and larger footprint of one-storied house is suitable for the size of the site.  But if you put an outside space on the middle of the site whose width is limited, inside space of the house would be separated, and unified feeling of the house would be spoiled.  So we decided to put the rectangular courtyard at an unusual oblique angle to outer walls rather than a right angle. Because by locating like that, spaces around the courtyard can have enough area to stay, and be chained each other at their corners, without aisle.  This arrangement creates not only sense of unity of the spaces, but also spaciousness of the house, because this oblique angle makes the courtyard look like a box which happened to be thrown out on one very large internal space. And in spite of the spaciousness and simplicity of the plan, each space has it?s own function and different level of privacy. You can find new and different scenes, whenever you turn the corners around the courtyard.  collapse
 

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F-WHITE is an independent one-storied house with a courtyard for a single family. This house is located in suburb of Tokyo, and its neighborhood was developed 30 years ago. But no house had been built on this site, because the size of the site happened to be 1.5 times larger than typical size for suburban houses, though the width is not so big.
 
Type Residential - Single family residence
 
 
Location Kashiwa
Japan
 
Client F Family
 
Building status built in 2009
 
Number of stories 1
 
Site size 259 m2
 
Site type suburban
 
Building area 122 m2
 
Budget total 3000000 USD
 
 

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Is there an innovative sustainable method deployed in this project?
 
heat pump hot water supply system
 
Which materials were crucial in creating this design?
 
wood structure, birch flooring
 

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Takuro Yamamoto
Tokyo, Japan
As: Architect
 

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Nate Martin
posted by: Nate Martin | 05/01/2010 03:06 pm report this
 
I love the minimalist form and finish of the design.
Adel Valeev
posted by: Adel Valeev | 04/30/2010 02:53 pm report this
 
Very cosy! It was pleasant to me.
sanae fukuhara
posted by: sanae fukuhara | 02/13/2010 01:18 pm report this
 
I love this picture.
Cool and so great!!
houman rahimzadeh
posted by: houman rahimzadeh | 02/05/2010 11:57 am report this
 
this is very cool.i love it!
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