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House in Minami Boso / Kiyonobu Nakagame & Associates

By Karen Cilento — Filed under: News , Residential , , ,
 

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Kiyonobu Nakagame & Associates designed a villa on the Boso Peninsula, east of Tokyo.  Even though the residence is less that two hours from the city, the natural setting surrounding the home could not be any more different from the chaotic streets of the downtown Tokyo area.  The secluded setting allows the home to take full advantage of the landscape and provide a great space for relaxation.  The minimalistic design creates wide spacious areas to sit and become lost in the panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean to the front, and magnificent views of the mountain ranges in the back.  “Having these [the views] in our mind, we came up with the design concept to provide the one continuous wall folded in different directions setting up the various views,” explained the architects.  This continuous wall does not create a bulky structure that is intrusive on the landscape, but rather, the folded wall creates an elegant residence that embraces the surroundings by making the users focus on the natural instead of the built.

More images of the home after the break.

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As seen on Arch Tracker.

Project: House in minami Boso
Architect: Kiyonobu Nakagame & Associates
Location: Location: Minami-Boso, Chiba
General Contractor: Yashiro-Komuten
Photographs: K.Torimura

 

35 comments »

uncontrol says:

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# August 24, 2009 at 20:42
    RONALDO says:

    RONALDO!!!

     
    # August 26, 2009 at 11:56
nindya says:

i ve seen a lotta house like this.

 
# August 24, 2009 at 21:17
    Alex Leonard says:

    my thoughts exactly.

     
    # August 24, 2009 at 22:11
dp says:

linda y sobria!
pero también creo que ya hay muchas muy similares

 
# August 24, 2009 at 21:35
Alan Arriaga says:

Y los planos…???

 
# August 25, 2009 at 00:24
novan says:

every space has a view. where is the privacy?

 
# August 25, 2009 at 00:59
    armeyn says:

    the privacy is the Site it’s self.

     
    # August 26, 2009 at 03:20
easychair says:

I find it strange that when a resident is sitting down, on the ground floor level, that most of the view would obscured by the half hight boundry wall. Bizarre to have such a fantastic setting and be unable to appreciate while sitting down?

 
# August 25, 2009 at 02:16
One says:

Lovery, except that low wall around the site.

 
# August 25, 2009 at 03:31
    Leo says:

    indeed…that wall really ruins the view from a reclining chair…

     
    # August 25, 2009 at 09:27
巧克 says:

酷~我喜歡

 
# August 25, 2009 at 07:49
Roberto says:

Without plans we can’t talk abaut that. There is no problem to have some others residences similars if we analise there aren’t so many possibilities in a house project, and a good one is always a reference to others.

 
# August 25, 2009 at 09:21
Leo says:

great space, very open…so why the horrible wall in the back?

 
# August 25, 2009 at 09:26
CC says:

Las fotos se ve muy bien. Pero creo que no me gustaría pasar un invierno en esa casa…

 
# August 25, 2009 at 10:40
    Damien says:

    Es miami… la temperatura ahi no baja de los 20 grados centígrados.

     
    # August 25, 2009 at 16:11
      Damien says:

      minami… clima subtropical

       
      # August 25, 2009 at 16:16
anibalenci says:

Ya es redundante la misma formula del pliegue. Además no me gusta ese divorcio de la tierra. Como un objeto aterrizado… Dan ganas de quitarlo y poner un par de arquitos y jugar pelota…
No está mal, pero no es novedad. Y sin los planos, no se puede juzgar el manejo del espacio.

 
# August 25, 2009 at 13:40
Wargo says:

The same white house. Why not use more organic materials?

 
# August 25, 2009 at 14:07
anibalenci says:

Es una moda que irremediablemente pasará. En la universidad donde estuve enseñando recientemente, se les enseña a los alumnos de primer año a diseñar con pliegues, y se les vende esa idea como si fuera lo mas importante. Es muy probable que ya algun cliente le esté diciendo a algun arquitecto que le va a hacer su casa: ” Por favor, nada de pliegues!, todos tienen lo mismo!!” jajajaja. Ya sucedió con las casas de techos a 2 aguas, y las columnas circulares rojas del posmodernismo.

 
# August 25, 2009 at 14:19
    Peter says:

    Anibalenci,que comentario mas post moderno!
    Este proyecto me recuerda mucho a las casas de modernas del Case Study pero en version contemporanea

     
    # August 25, 2009 at 15:17
    Francisco says:

    En que escuela das clases? que pena…

     
    # August 26, 2009 at 10:33
Chiaro Scuro says:

Nice, folding planes concept has been done. A Lot.

 
# August 25, 2009 at 15:41
john wayne says:

horrible project… mies wannabe
beautiful location destroyed on acount of some f***up yupie

 
# August 26, 2009 at 04:35
kenchiku says:

another “disappearing act” as per ito and sejima – unfortunately. not engaging in anyway, certainly bereft of any substantce or contextual relativity. Great site, but so very japanese modernist in its execution that even shinohara would turn in his grave . . .

 
# August 27, 2009 at 03:35
형규 says:

둘이 살기에 넘 좋은것 같네…^^

 
# August 27, 2009 at 09:18
Thiago Martins says:

For me … it’s life style !!!

 
# August 28, 2009 at 09:50
广州枫 says:

我喜欢.顶

 
# August 29, 2009 at 06:31
zuomei says:

good place

 
# August 29, 2009 at 06:45
bryan says:

Ummm…privacy??

 
# September 3, 2009 at 10:41
lopez says:

muy bonita para el verano, pero el invierno va estar canijo

 
# September 3, 2009 at 11:00

its like a furniture

 
# September 23, 2009 at 16:39

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