It is a small house project. There are Japanese homes around the site with a certain density and there is a row of cherry blossoms on the side of the site. The client wanted to live while watching the cherry blossoms.But it isn't able to avoid a private problem to grant the request in this land near a road.So we proposed a simple answer.I made them reverse the construction of the floor.

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Architects: Yabashi Architects & Associates

Location: Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan

Architect In Charge: Tohru Yabashi

Area: 115.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Tetsuya Yashiro

© Tetsuya Yashiro

From the architect. It is a small house project. There are Japanese homes around the site with a certain density and there is a row of cherry blossoms on the side of the site. The client wanted to live while watching the cherry blossoms.But it isn't able to avoid a private problem to grant the request in this land near a road.So we proposed a simple answer.I made them reverse the construction of the floor.
© Tetsuya Yashiro

The stairs in this housing are characteristic. A void like a crevasse is separating inside and outside gently. The stairs where soft light on the north side falls play abstract beauty.

© Tetsuya Yashiro

The construction of the 2nd floor is simple. Each several offices whi...