RESIDENCE THAT BREAKS THE MOLD

By teresa simon photography by hiroshi ueda and ryogo utatsu; courtesy of the architect breaking away from the stereotype, ar. kazuhiko kishimoto designs a home-cum-office-cum-gallery, tailored as a cocoon for the family, while it maximizes the view to the woody surroundings. teresa simon contributed to this report. In the city of yokohama, Kanagawa, the home is situated on a plot of land that looks out into a slender and steep hill. The gloomy woods were on the other side of the street and offered picturesque views of the verdant vegetation in the summer and the vibrant fall leaves in the fall. Keeping the client’s request to keep the house open to the people of the town in mind, architect Kazuhiko Kishimoto builds a home that seems to be “floating.” To be more specific, the gallery is the sole room on the ground floor, and it is encircled by a light and airy wood terrace that is elevated by about one meter. People are able to sit on a circular bench that has been built into a rounded depression that has been hollowed out of the deck floor. From this seat, they can take in the view of the forest that lies beyond the deck. The room also serves the purpose of an external gallery; the wood deck, which is slanted toward the sloping road in front of the home, creating a site that encourages interaction between the interiors and exteriors of the building. Both the residence and the workplace have their own separate entrances, each of which is defined by a staircase. Regardless matter whether it is a house or an office, each space has big geometric openings that interact with the external. Some of these openings are bare, while others are enclosed in glass and allow an abundance of natural light to enter the interiors. The architectural language is minimalistic and shifts from a wood to a white exterior, transitioning areas in a composition that is not at all like the arrangement of a typical house. The ambiences blend together while still maintaining their own auras; The unconventional and straightforward handling of the project flips the project on its head, transforming what seems to be an unremarkable building on the outside into a design powerhouse on the inside. This is accomplished by using multi-level platforms. Please visit globalhop.indiaartndesign.com in order to see the photographs.

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