RIBBON / Komada Architects' Office

RIBBON / Komada Architects' Office

RIBBON / Komada Architects' Office - Windows, FacadeRIBBON / Komada Architects' Office - Countertop, Kitchen, Chair, Beam, SinkRIBBON / Komada Architects' Office - StairsRIBBON / Komada Architects' Office - HandrailRIBBON / Komada Architects' Office - More Images+ 11

Niigata, Japan
RIBBON / Komada Architects' Office - Facade, Windows
© Toshihiro Sobajima

Ribbon is a house built in Niigata city.

RIBBON / Komada Architects' Office - Windows, Facade
© Toshihiro Sobajima

In winter we have little daylight hours in Niigata so we wanted interior to be filled with faint light all the time.

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© Toshihiro Sobajima

A long and slender window turns around the house with the gabled roof like a ribbon. This ribbon window draws a light filled around the house in the time of a clouded sky. 

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The floor of the second floor is skipped up and down between a ribbon window, so that it becomes a high side light for LDK and tectonic window for child's room.

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Cite: "RIBBON / Komada Architects' Office" 19 Feb 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/333632/ribbon-komada-architects-office> ISSN 0719-8884

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