'light garden' atriums dot all-white wooden shell in japanese residence

'light garden' atriums dot all-white wooden shell in japanese residence

Ha Hosaka Hironobu designed all-white residence

 

Ha Hosaka Hironobu designed a residence in Aoba Ward, Yokohama City, Japan, creating a harmonious living space filled with light. Initially intended as a reinforced concrete structure, the construction shifted to traditional wood due to budget constraints. The architect aims to eliminate the typical ‘wooden feel’ and achieve an elegant appearance. The site is dotted with eight ‘light gardens’ to direct ample natural light into the adjacent interior spaces. Efforts to minimize the wooden feel include focusing on wall thickness and implementing W walls at strategic points, with openings designed to create a sense of depth. The design places three top lights where functionally necessary, ensuring minimal openings to neighboring properties and maintaining privacy for each room. The facade has a simple and bold design that expresses the uniqueness of the architecture.

'light garden' atriums dot all-white wooden shell in japanese residence
all images courtesy of Ha Hosaka Hironobu

 

 

house with eight light gardens features minimalist aesthetic

 

The chosen site features a 6.5-meter-wide road on the northwest side, adjacent to an elementary school, necessitating careful consideration of privacy for the residents. The client, with a keen interest in design, requested from Ha Hosaka Hironobu a clean aesthetic with delicate details. The structural design incorporates steel beams within the wooden framework to create a spatial composition featuring overlapping two-story and three-story atriums at different angles. To maintain minimalist details, the Japanese architect uses bent steel frames for the window sash, removing side and hanging walls to control light flow within the residence. 

'light garden' atriums dot all-white wooden shell in japanese residence
initially intended as a reinforced concrete structure, budget constraints shifted the construction to traditional wood

'light garden' atriums dot all-white wooden shell in japanese residence
the structure aims to eliminate the typical ‘wooden feel’ and achieve an elegant appearance

'light garden' atriums dot all-white wooden shell in japanese residence
eight ‘light gardens’ direct ample natural light into the adjacent interior spaces

'light garden' atriums dot all-white wooden shell in japanese residence
efforts to minimize the wooden feel include focusing on wall thickness

'light garden' atriums dot all-white wooden shell in japanese residence
openings are designed to create a sense of depth

'light garden' atriums dot all-white wooden shell in japanese residence
three top lights are placed where functionally necessary

'light garden' atriums dot all-white wooden shell in japanese residence
openings maintain privacy for each room

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the facade has a simple and bold design that expresses the uniqueness of the architecture

 

 

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the chosen site features a 6.5-meter-wide road on the northwest side
the chosen site features a 6.5-meter-wide road on the northwest side
privacy for the residents was carefully considered as the house is next to an elementary school
privacy for the residents was carefully considered as the house is next to an elementary school
the client, with a keen interest in design, requested a minimalist aesthetic with delicate details
the client, with a keen interest in design, requested a minimalist aesthetic with delicate details
structural design incorporates steel beams within the wooden framework
structural design incorporates steel beams within the wooden framework
two-story and three-story atriums at different angles illuminate the residence
two-story and three-story atriums at different angles illuminate the residence
to maintain minimalist details, the Japanese architect uses bent steel frames
to maintain minimalist details, the Japanese architect uses bent steel frames
side and hanging walls are removed to control light and shadow within the residence
side and hanging walls are removed to control light and shadow within the residence
the bathroom features the clean aesthetic of the house
the bathroom features the clean aesthetic of the house
large openings in the atriums fill the space with light
large openings in the atriums fill the space with light
minimal openings draw light inside and ensure privacy
minimal openings draw light inside and ensure privacy

project info:

 

name: House with 8 Light Gardens
designer: Ha Hosaka Hironobu | @ha_architect_associate
location: Aoba Ward, Yokohama City, Japan

 

 

designboom has received this project from our DIY submissions feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.

 

edited by: thomai tsimpou | designboom

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