'bird house' by katsuhiro miyamoto
all images courtesy katsuhiro miyamoto & associates


located in nayoga - city, japan is 'bird house' recently completed by japanese architect
katsuhiro miyamoto. constructed primarily out of wood the private residence was designed
around the natural slope of the property. rather than leveling the slope the architects chose
to insert spikes into the ground, so that it would guarantee to be built securely.

by making use of the site characteristics, adjacent to the roads at the top and bottom of the site,
the foundation forms a zigzag approach just like a mountain trail  - connecting the two roads.
at the landings formed at the turning points of the zigzag, there are three ‘sites’. the name
‘bird house’ was given to the three white houses, as it is nested on the branch like foundation.



the main entrance



inbetween the two roads


















the staircase connecting the two houses



floor plan



floor plan



section view

project info:
title： bird house
location： nagoya-city, aichi
principal use： residence
architects： katsuhiro miyamoto & associates 
principal in charge： katsuhiro miyamoto
project team： keishi yamamoto, takenori uotani
structural engineering： masaichi taguchi / taps
general contractor： ido kensetsu
site area： 428.21㎡
built area： 113.74㎡
total floor area： 117.46㎡
（main building / first floor area： 40.27㎡、
second floor area：67.89㎡
annex / first floor area：9.30㎡）
structure：wood: 2 stories
completion date： 2010