The architecture facing and adjusting the nature

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Architects: Life Style Koubou

Location: Inawashiro, Japan

Lead Architects: Kotaro Anzai/Life style Koubou

Area: 52.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Ryoo, In Keun

Other Participants: Kenji Nawa/NAWAKENJI-M

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Text description provided by the architects. The architecture facing and adjusting the natureThe site is located at the base of Bandai-san(mountain), we designed a second house for the family who living in the city. This region is designated as special heavy snowfalls area, we used more than 2m-high snow load to design a stilt structural system to protect the house from snow. The house has two blocks; a living function and a life related watery function are separately accommodated in each block. These are connected by a bridge that makes people enjoy harshness and happiness in natural environment with their five senses.
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 ?One year project? as the name indicates ?move with times? which means that it took entire one year to experience the whole process such as tree cutting, sawing, fabrication, and assembling together with nature. At its heart, a house building is expected to be succeeding each process through dialogue with nature. In general, the process of cutting tree is done in the depth of winter to draw the maximum ma...