Usuki House By Tonoma

The shape becomes the semicircle shape in the neighbor of the main building. It was necessary to build the new house in consideration of a main building and a small barn. the result is a remaining site becomes the garden, and the appearance with various expressions is formed. each room has aslide and slippage, and the intersecting part becomes the lighting window. Through a western opening, therefore Impressive space is born. There is a tokonoma of the south side and courtyard of the north side in a Japanese-style room of the entrance west, and there is Living that a family lives in of the entrance east.Living and Dining becomes the characteristic space by placement of the volume.They are just divided into living and dining in a bending part.

The lighting of this home come from a big window in the south side and the southeastern side in front of the kitchen and and the morning sun comes in in dining in the breakfast, and the wife can watch a garden of the southeast side while working in a kitchen. the second floor is different with the first floor. Tonoma established the balcony through the two volumes and arrange the nursery of the south side and the master bedroom of the north side. the result is inside space and remaining outside space formed by the condition of the site and placement of two volume bring about the slow relations of the family.

usuki stairs

usuki balcony

usuki first floor

usuki house

usuki second floor