House in Abiko / fuse-atelier

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  • Architects: fuse-atelier: fuse-atelier (Shigeru Fuse)
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  48
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Shigeru Fuse

Text description provided by the architects. This project is a residence for a couple in their thirties, built in Abiko City. The client desired a gallery-like concrete-made space where their pleasure of designed furniture stands out.

House in Abiko / fuse-atelier - Facade
© Shigeru Fuse

The location is at the bottom of two plateaus on a soft foundation. Therefore, stakes were necessary to support a reinforced concrete structure. In order to reduce costs, contacting area to the ground was minimized and the number of stakes was reduced. Accordingly, the upper structure was cantilevered. Then, the walls in varying volumes and the roof slab were made into three-dimensional continuous slanted surface and the stress transmission was rationalized, which became a characteristic form.

House in Abiko / fuse-atelier - Windows, Facade
© Shigeru Fuse

Living/dining room on the second floor has a large open composition towards the green way so as to take in the trees planted on the south side of the site to the interior space. The haircutting space was raised for 1.2 meters from the second floor, so that people will look at the south side green way and the upper side green way and the upper side of the parking on the north side. It also controls the eyesight from the surroundings. The interior space was given a modulated proportion and scale that respond to each space’s activities.

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© Shigeru Fuse

The monocoque form made of concrete was inflated and squeezed, following the necessary spatial volume at the living room, cutting space and the wet area. The stiff structure enabled a sash-less detail of glass and the exterior wall aligned in the same surface and realizes the exterior that emphasizes various facets.

House in Abiko / fuse-atelier - Image 5 of 32
© Shigeru Fuse

The residence creates many senses of distance by the form that pursued the relationship of spaces and a rationality of the structure. Moreover, by the angles of the multi-surface composition the space is divided, though connected, and creates various sequences that are accompanied by sensual natural light's reflection and refraction.

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© Shigeru Fuse

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Cite: "House in Abiko / fuse-atelier" 21 Dec 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/193609/house-in-abiko-fuse-atelier> ISSN 0719-8884

© Shigeru Fuse

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