Shimogamo Machiya Villa / Takuma Ohira
The house is a renovation of traditional Kyoto-style machiya for a Japanese client who lives in overseas. As a vacation house in a home country to the owner, the house was designed to create a space of relaxation and atmosphere of country home.Â
© Taizo Furukawa
Architects: Takuma Ohira
Location: Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Architect In Charge: Takuma Ohira
Area: 62.2 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Taizo Furukawa
Contractor: Yasui Corporation
First Floor Plan - Second Floor Plan
From the architect. The house is a renovation of traditional Kyoto-style machiya for a Japanese client who lives in overseas. As a vacation house in a home country to the owner, the house was designed to create a space of relaxation and atmosphere of country home.Â
© Taizo Furukawa
The existing house was built in 1920s, so the original plan was designed to be seated on the tatami, which is a traditional Japanese style. So the plan has been drastically modified to fit into modern living style; however, it's also not to blindly pursue convenience and the focus is to feel the sense of tradition which can only be delineated from the house withstanding many years.
© Taizo Furukawa
Looking at sunburned and long-standing post-and-beams and fragile Japanese plastering-walls, one feels that concept of memory and time have been capsulated in the building materials. The new de...
© Taizo Furukawa
Architects: Takuma Ohira
Location: Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Architect In Charge: Takuma Ohira
Area: 62.2 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Taizo Furukawa
Contractor: Yasui Corporation
First Floor Plan - Second Floor Plan
From the architect. The house is a renovation of traditional Kyoto-style machiya for a Japanese client who lives in overseas. As a vacation house in a home country to the owner, the house was designed to create a space of relaxation and atmosphere of country home.Â
© Taizo Furukawa
The existing house was built in 1920s, so the original plan was designed to be seated on the tatami, which is a traditional Japanese style. So the plan has been drastically modified to fit into modern living style; however, it's also not to blindly pursue convenience and the focus is to feel the sense of tradition which can only be delineated from the house withstanding many years.
© Taizo Furukawa
Looking at sunburned and long-standing post-and-beams and fragile Japanese plastering-walls, one feels that concept of memory and time have been capsulated in the building materials. The new de...
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