![]() It has been widely published and was opened in 2010 for Edinburgh’s Doors Open day, receiving an extraordinary 1500 visitors. The Japanese House was shortlisted for a Saltire Housing Award and won the Edinburgh Architecture Association (EAA) small projects award for 2010. The house was designed whilst living and working in Japan (2007) and as a Scottish | Japanese practice a number of Japanese themes were adopted. In winter under floor heating is proving comfortable and efficient space heating while top-up heating is provided by a wood burning stove. Traditional Japanese House Floor Plans (with Drawings) The Minka is the Japanese traditional architecture design that is characterized by tatami floors, sliding doors, and wooden verandas. The result is that in spring, summer and autumn, while the sun is high enough, the house requires no heating. Some of the fashionable “eco-bling” products were rejected in favour of these passive solar techniques, in addition local, recycled and recyclable materials were specified throughout and the house is super insulated. To the South, to the lane, a large glazed 1st floor corner window brings South light and warmth diagonally through a double height space onto the concrete floor, used for its thermal mass. It succeeds by turning its back on the lane to protect privacy while to the East and the garden a 5.5mx2.4m opening to the garden opens the house up to early morning sun, starting the heating cycle. The congested and overlooked nature of the site required a careful balance between privacy and getting sunshine and solar energy into the house. ![]() It is a green house built on a small brown-field site on a back lane in Portobello. In 2009 Konishi Gaffney completed their own self built house in Edinburgh. The materiality of the home’s ground level allows it to blend into the landscape, while the upper level, clad in a charred wood (shou sugi ban) exterior, will stand out even if the site’s reeds continue to grow around it."incorporates Japanese themes and provides a light-filled and comfortable family home" ![]() The Japanese architects have combined two main materials in the project, cedar and cypress, which have been locally sourced. Japanese studio Unemori Architects has completed a house in the city of Takaoka that is raised 70 centimetres above the ground on concrete stilts to protect it from flooding and heavy snow. In contrast to the openness of the ground floor, this level is more closed off, creating a warmer atmosphere for its inhabitants. Around the time that European houses were becoming crammed with exotic bric-a-brac, Zen priests were sweeping away even the furniture from their homes. A surprising intellectual leap in the design of Japanese homes took place during the 14th century, so powerful that it resonated for the next 600 years. The entire upper level is raised on diagonal and vertical wooden stilts, which protect it from future flood damage. 4 Essential Elements of Japanese Style 1. The upper level contains all main areas of the home, including the living-dining-kitchen area, as well as the bedroom and bathroom. The house is built on two levels, with the ground floor consisting of a piloti and an open, bright space where residents can grow their plants. Ushijima Architects took into account two main elements during the design of the project: the floods, and the reeds that grow on the surrounding land. With a history of flooding and the uncertain ways global warming might affect the area in the future, the Japanese architecture studio built a structure that ‘will continue to float like a boat while its surroundings change.’Ī JAPANESE HOUSE DESIGNED WITH FLOODS AND REEDS IN MIND The project is located on the site of a former lake in Maibara City, Japan, which was transformed into land to serve as a rice field, and more recently as a residential area. The Tokyo exhibition features 100 of Japan’s leading illustrators, graphic and contemporary artists, while the London iteration introduces five emerging artists for the first time as part of the. Ushijima Architects has developed ‘U-House In Irie’ as a two story- residence able to withstand future changes that may occur on its surrounding landscape.
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