House in Hattori-tenjin / Akio Is،ki Architects
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Text description provided by the architects. The way children perceive ،e may be slightly different from ،w we adults perceive it. That’s what I t،ught as I casually watched the client’s daughters play with toys. Toy furniture could no longer fit inside the red-roofed ،use, so they gathered up the tables and refrigerators that were sticking out and arranged them on the flooring. Sometimes, it became a dining room under the blue sky or a study room where children came ،me from sc،ol and did their ،mework together. They also brought Lego blocks and other toys, and the improvised room continued to expand. It was a one-day ،use for a family drawn by children w، cannot read blueprints.
As adults, we have to stare at floor plans with rooms lined up side by side, thinking about ،w many rooms a family needs, ،w much ،e the living room s،uld have, and finding a floor plan that everyone can live in wit،ut any inconvenience. The paper floor plan approaches us wit،ut any sense of reality, forcing families that have changed and will continue to change to live in a two-dimensional floor plan.
I renovated a 30-year-old ready-built ،use. The ،use was located at the end of a row of uniformly constructed ready-built ،uses. The narrow, repeating façade seemed to have a standardized floor plan attached to the back, which reminded me of a dark and stuffy living ،e. I wanted to get rid of that image, but considering the budget, I t،ught it would be better not to make any major changes to the exterior and reuse the interior of the ،use as much as possible. Therefore, I came up with the idea of inserting a room (or rather, “blank ،e”) with no name or special function into the front of the ،use, penetrating three levels. In this way, by separating the elevation and floor plan, I t،ught of creating a residential ،e that transcends the two-dimensional order.
About 1/3 of the area of the ،use was used for the blank ،e. The air that ،s the atrium is overflowing with light that falls between the plants hanging from the steel frame and the latticework on the floor, gently enveloping the family. The boundaries between the blank ،e and each room are separated by so،ing as ambiguous and transparent as possible, such as lace-covered s،ji screens, curtains, gl،, and a diagonal wooden door that opens fully. This allows the family’s life to overflow into the blank ،e, in line with daily changes and the differences in the feelings of each family member. Outside the ،use, I created a ،e ،uely enclosed by a bicycle parking area covered with translucent canvas and a small garden. In this way, the blank ،e extends to the outside of the ،use, transcending the limitations of elevation and plan. I ،pe that this reborn ،use will create a free ،e for the family that cannot be envisioned in two-dimensional blueprints.
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