1772529125_ch-m-e-1-20-009-400ppp (16621) Warehouse Loft Apartment en Bermondsey / FORM Design Architecture Bermondsey Warehouse Loft Apartment / FORM Design Architecture. House in Buzen by Suppose Design Office. Here's another project from Japanese studio Suppose Design Office, this time a house in Buzen, Japan, where separate structures are connected under a glass canopy. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. Called House in Buzen, the wood-clad residence features courtyards and corridors where children can play under the glazed roof.
More about Suppose Design Office on Dezeen: Lodge hair Salon (February 2010)Karis cardboard boutique (February 2010)Cloud at Designtide Tokyo (November 2009)Nature Factory (August 2009)House in Minamimachi (July 2009)House in Matsuyama (July 2009)House in Nagoya (July 2009)House in Saijo (July 2009)House in Jigozen (June 2009)House in Sakuragawa (June 2009)House in Kamakura (June 2009) Here are some more details from the designers: House in Buzen Rather than a park or garden that was built to be played in, we wanted to make a house with a courtyard that would become a playground naturally. House in Kamihachiman by Horibe Associates.
Angular cutaways and a deep shaft create apertures between the floors of this family house on Shikoku Island, Japan, by Osaka studio Horibe Associates (+ slideshow). The compact wooden House in Kamihachiman was designed by Horibe Associates with all its windows on the northern side, overlooking bamboo woodland rather than neighbouring houses. "The challenge in this design was to provide a comfortable, open lifestyle despite the fact the building site is surrounded by other homes lined up uniformly on a street running along their south side," said architect Naoko Horibe. The houses's rear facade is built at an angle, with double-height windows that bring daylight into an open-plan dining and kitchen area. The internal window and cutaways offer glimpses between this space and the bedrooms on the floor above. A living room just beyond is lined with low wooden benches and leads out to an open-air courtyard, which provides another source of natural lighting.
Photography is by Kaori Ichikawa. MO House: living spaces among pine trees. MO House testifies one of those cases when the rule becomes the exception… In Madrid, Spain a single family house spreads all its energy through a dense green forest. An exquisite desire has lead to an astonishing volumetric result. All trees had to be preserved in their original position… Although the conventional domestic program, the site’s morphology demanded a compound geometry for the positioning of the house. The prevailing presence of trees and the deep wish to achieve an inhabitable space fully integrated with the woods resulted in a unique solution. The program was transformed in a very direct way to a number of simple rectangular volumes, each one with its own function. The multiple topological relations between these volumes determined a series of useful solutions, 24 in total.
The entire wood structure is covered by wooden slabs, proudly exposing its white painted pattern in the interior. Architects: FRPO Photography: Miguel de Guzman.