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Hokusutsu Polygon House Combines Greenbelt With Hilly Streetscape



The Hokusutsu Polygon House in Takatsuki-city, Japan, designed by Shintaro Fujiwara, integrates a greenbelt backdrop with a unique polygonal layout. This design obscures interior directionality, strategically framing views of greenery and sky throughout the space.
The exterior features red cedar and contrasting green walls, while the interior walls are painted orange, enhancing the connection to the lush surroundings.

The site faces a greenbelt across the road with a 2-meter difference in elevation within it.We wanted to design a residence that would utilize this greenbelt as a backdrop and maintain continuity with the hilly streetscape.In planning the project, we considered the following points:
– The greenbelt is only on one side of the site. But is it possible to create a feeling of being surrounded by it by carefully arranging the flow lines and the floor plans and reflecting the landscape inside the house" – Is it possible to position part of the building foundation diagonally against the embankment in the plan so that the building naturally blends with the slope"

Based on these considerations, the walls were arranged in a polygonal shape, obscuring the directionality of the interior. We designed the plan so that the greenery across the street would appear in the line of sight from various locations in the house.

Regarding the building configuration, a parking lot occupies the area where the site meets the street, and the building is accessed ...

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