Motorhead House, Tokyo / Chiasma Factory
Located on the outskirts of Tokyo, Motorhead House is a mid-sized garage house designed for a self-established petrolhead (car-loving) man and his family.
Located on the outskirts of Tokyo, Motorhead House is a mid-sized garage house designed for a self-established petrolhead (car-loving) man and his family.
This house is the architect’s own house, which also includes the architecture office. So, the house is not only for private residence but also a visitable house by anybody.
The site for this urban apartment project was located about several minutes on foot from the nearest station. It was surrounded by houses and residential complexes except to the north, which borders a street.
The client requested that the house be both “closed” to ensure privacy and “open” to the garden. The site is a flagpole-shaped lot that was subdivided from his parents’ land.
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KNIT house is built on a slope stretching from the mountainside to the base of the mountain, where there has been residential development since the 1970s. While the site is located near the city center, the area is abundant with greenery and nature.
The site is long and narrow from north to south, with a difference in elevation from the road. We can use it openly and spaciously because the line of sight from people and cars coming and going along the road is offset.
Designed for a couple in Sekigahara, Gifu Prefecture, this house sits on an oblong lot running from north to south, adjacent to heavily wooded land that makes for beautiful natural surroundings.
The linear, single-story house is designed so that the height of the building almost coincides with the ocean horizon, so as not to overwhelm nature. The character of the house is created by the unique shape of the wing-like roof
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The site is located in a rich environment with a rural landscape. Ruins of Osawa Castle and other ruins are scattered in the surrounding area, and people with the same family name continue to live in the village.