It is a two-story wooden house built in Ashiya City in Hyogo Prefecture. The site is in the residential area quite near from the station.  While located on a corner of downtown, facing streets on its East and South sides of the relatively spacious block, the house gives an ambience of open space. But, the traffic on the streets just in front is busy, and company dormitories, shops and houses lining up the streets present a rather congested landscape.

© Yasunori Shimomura

Architects: so1archtect

Location: Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Architect In Charge: Soichi Yamasaki

Area: 159.77 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Yasunori Shimomura
© Yasunori Shimomura

It is a two-story wooden house built in Ashiya City in Hyogo Prefecture. The site is in the residential area quite near from the station.  While located on a corner of downtown, facing streets on its East and South sides of the relatively spacious block, the house gives an ambience of open space. But, the traffic on the streets just in front is busy, and company dormitories, shops and houses lining up the streets present a rather congested landscape.

© Yasunori Shimomura

The client wanted an open, expansive space. Considering the location on a street corner and the request of the owner, I planned as open a house as possi...