This is a house with wooden floors on the first and second floors and RC on the basement in a residential area in the city center. Using the Itakura construction method, in which grooves are carved into the sides of the timber pillars and boards are dropped along the grooves, the interior and exterior of the house are made of exposed cedar in a quasi-fire zone.

Japan | Tokyo

Jutakutokushu April 2015 issue 70P