Landscape House is an inspiring two-story residence located in Shiga, Japan, has been designed in 2021 by Form / Kouichi Kimura Architects.

Description
Located in a relatively spacious residential area, the house has been built with the client-run hair salon attached.
There?s a park across the front road from the site. The area allows to closely view Mt. Ibuki, one of 100 famous Japanese mountains.

In such conditions, I came up with the architecture that would bring out good living environment while laying out the volumes of the requested shop and of the residential part in an appropriate proportion.
The building is composed of symmetrical volumes for which the proportion, openings, and materials have been carefully considered. The dynamic form creates a new façade in the streetscape. The first floor consists of the hair salon, residential entrance hall, and bathroom. LDK (living, dining and kitchen area) is laid out as well as bed rooms and children?s rooms on the second floor.
The LDK has varied ceiling heights and has been planned to make the room including the stair hall as one continuous space. It can be loosely divided with curtains as necessary.
To add visual depth, an opening has been provided to the wall in the back, reinforcing the sequential space which stretches in the longitudinal direction.
To the volume which is projected from the independent wall that characterizes the façade, a high-side light has been provided, blocking eyes from the env...