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Roof House / Tezuka Architects

Mar 2009

By David Basulto — Filed under: Houses , Selected , Japan, Tezuka Architects, Wood

Principal use: Residence
Building site: Hatano-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
Site area: 298.59m2
Building area: 107.65m2
Total floor area: 96.89m2
Number of stories: 1F
Structure: Wood
Architects: Tezuka Architects - Takaharu+Yui Tezuka, Masahiro Ikeda, Daisuke Sanada
Architectural and Structural desing: Tezuka Architects + MASAHIRO IKEDA co., ltd
Lighting design: Masahide Kakudate (Masahide Kakudate Lighting Architect & Associates, Inc.)
Construction: Isoda
Design period: 2000.3-2000.8
Construction period: 2000.9-2001.3
Photography: Katsuhisa Kida / FOTOTECA

This house boasts chairs, a table, a kitchen and a shower on its rooftop. Each family member enjoys his own skylight, from which a ladder gives access to the roof.

8 comments »

dira says:

WOW, I always dreamt in creating thing kids oh house. Love it

# March 14, 2009 at 15:45

miguel angel says:

i guess that there’s no wind there…jaja
i think it’s great for hot summer

# March 14, 2009 at 17:01

Simon says:

Awesome, they designed the children’s bedroom with an entrance to the highest side of the roof. 3560mm: they took the proverb living on the edge literally.

# March 14, 2009 at 19:51

charles says:

i like the idea. i don’t know about the rooftop kitchen though. and there doesn’t seem to be any protection against people falling off the roof.
but it’s nice to see that space used for something.

# March 15, 2009 at 02:39

_m says:

(I like it that theres no railing on the roof, it would ruin design and feeling you experience by siting on the edge :)

I like it a lot, simple and clean design.

# March 15, 2009 at 04:13

omar says:

The concept is great, the execution was even better. i love the simplicity and the direct approach to the execution. this kept the purity of the concept without any extras.

# March 15, 2009 at 07:42

phoebe says: