Japanese architecture studio FujiwaraMuro Architects has recently completed a single family house in Muko, Kyoto prefecture, Japan. The house accompanies the curvilinear profile of the neighbouring road, featuring an unusual fan shape that allows for daylight to enter the volume at any time and during any season.
The house accommodates all functions in a single space, divided by a mezzanine. The exterior is marked by a steady rhythm of wooden, vertical elements crossing the façade.
This system seeks to give the building homogeneity and dynamism, enhancing its eccentric shape, while simultaneously acting as a single, large frame that regulates the amount of light in the interior spaces.
Thus the light coming from the east hits a shutter before penetrating the interior, while from the south, direct sunlight enters the building, flooding it with a "shower" of light strips. On the other hand, light coming from the west reflects on the walls of the house, marking the entrance and the staircase.
FujiwaraMuro: House in Muko
The Japanese architecture studio has recently completed a house with an unusual fan shape, welcoming sunlight from all sides and acting as a single, large frame marked by a steady rhythm of wooden, vertical elements in the façade.
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- 18 February 2013
- Kyoto
FujiwaraMuro Architects: House in Muko
Architects: FujiwaraMuro Architects (Shintaro Fujiwara Yoshio Muro)
Location: Muko, Kyoto, Japan
Use: casa unifamiliare
Site Area: 295.67 m2
Building Area: 56.36 m2
Gross floor Area: 100.19 m2
Structure: timber
Completamento: 2012