The House of 33 Years is a residence located next to the world heritage Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan. The house was designed for an elderly couple who decided to move to a new house thirty three years after living in their first house. The House of 33 Years is a house for a collector who collects memories, whose memory and future exist simultaneously in the same space. By framing views across different areas, images are continuously produced by the inhabitants' movement. Every image is given its own space of possibility, then overlaps as multiple additions to the home to update the family?s memories.

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Architects: ASSISTANT

Location: Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Lead Architects: Megumi Matsubara & Hiroi Ariyama
Area: 76.0 m2

Project Year: 2013

Photographs: Shinkenchiku-sha, Tadasu Yamamoto

Structural Engineer: Mitsuda Structural Consultants

Construction Company: Hojo Kohmuten

Total Floor Area: 104 sqm

Site Area: 189 sqm

© Shinkenchiku-sha

From the architect. The House of 33 Years is a residence located next to the world heritage Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan. The house was designed for an elderly couple who decided to move to a new house thirty three years after living in their first house. The House of 33 Years is a house for a collector who collects memories, whose memory and future exist simultaneously in the same space. By frami...