House of Takenoyama

Nobuyasu Hattori

Outline: The building is built on a site with a long north-south axis and a difference in elevation of more than 2 m between the east and west sides. Part of the first floor of the reinforced concrete structure is buried underground to serve as an earth retaining wall. On the north and west sides of the wooden second floor, terraces and openings along the terraces were built to secure the view to the garden, and openings were built on the east side with high ceilings to let the view to the sky. The height of the openings was set according to the sight lines from the surrounding houses and the behavior of the interior.

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