Acaa: Lifted-garden House

It is a mixed-use building with a clinic on the first floor and the doctor’s dwelling place on the second floor. The tree planting, that bring better feeling to patients in the inner courtyard, can be viewed from the lobby and the entrance of the clinic. Furthermore, as the trees can also be seen from outside of the building through the deck, people walking by should also be able to feel the season’s change.

The dwelling place on the second floor is placed as if it is floating above the parking space. The dwelling place is L-shaped opposite to the clinic. The clinic and dwelling place are placed across each other with the inner courtyard in the middle however the directions of the eyes would not meet since they are in the different levels.

 We expect the trees growing big will provide nice leafy shade in summer, making the place of relief for the doctor and patients. The roof of the clinic is an open area as the rooftop garden. Various types of plants and trees are established on the stair-like wood deck with different levels. The floor of the dwelling place continuing flat to wood deck is the outcome of the careful consideration into details.

Lifted-garden House
Kaisei-machi, Kanagawa, Japan
Architects: Kazuhiko Kishimoto / acaa
Completion: September 2012
Site Area: 650.93 mq
Total Floor Area: 618.19 mq
Principal Use: Clinic / Private House
Structure: RC, Wood
Photography: Hiroshi Ueda