Terada House is an annex built on a vacant lot next to the existing house. It is a new home for the client and his family (his wife and two children). Due to the limited buildable area, the building was designed within a 7.28m x 7.28m plan based on the standard module of wood structure.Ā 

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Architects: Mizuno architecture design association

Location: Fujieda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Architect In Charge: Yoshiyasu Mizuno

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Yoshiharu Hama / Studio melos

Structures: Masayuki Takada / RGB structure

Construction Management: Abe Komuten

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From the architect. Terada House is an annex built on a vacant lot next to the existing house. It is a new home for the client and his family (his wife and two children). Due to the limited buildable area, the building was designed within a 7.28m x 7.28m plan based on the standard module of wood structure.Ā 

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The roof ridge lines were designed to align with diagonal lines of the square plan. We chose this configuration because it enabled us to study various configurations and the level of comfort in the interior space and simultaneously figure out the most effective dimensions of exterior walls considering the surrounding environment by parame...