It is a house in the residential area in the southern part of Hiroshima City. Fortunately, the field of vision to the front of the site is widely open, and you can enjoy the calm scenery far and wide. My client demanded an attractive everyday life touching this peaceful view with a minimum architecture, and I had a concrete conviction that it would be achieved enough with one-storied house.
It is extremely simple construction. However, a very enchanting space is involved to it. A courtyard having water at the center of the architecture is the key on a composition of the interior, and its plan, which had been simplified and adopted intentionally a typical layout, contributes to richen the inner space. It leads a complete sight toward not only the indoor scene but also the outdoor one. Furthermore, it causes dramatic effect, a fusion. Scenery and nature taken in with various aspects blend mutually and create subtleties of the expression, which fill daily life with ease and joy. Through the combination of a cantilever slab and a full-scale window, interior of that small house would expand toward the panorama and melt in the scenery.