A house in Kamigamo / Méga

A house in Kamigamo / Méga - Table, Chair, Beam, PatioA house in Kamigamo / Méga - Door, Stairs, Chair, HandrailA house in Kamigamo / Méga - FacadeA house in Kamigamo / Méga - Windows, BeamA house in Kamigamo / Méga - More Images+ 10

Nakagyo Ward, Japan
  • Architects: Méga
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  134
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Kei Sugino

The site size is 40m×(11m/1.7m). 

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First Floor Plan

This shape is almost right triangle.

Both the road and the site is steep slope.

In addition, this site is regulated as a scenic area.

A house in Kamigamo / Méga - Beam
© Kei Sugino

Though, being on the side of mountain, this landscape holds a possibility for house to have a dynamic view of Kyoto city.

A house in Kamigamo / Méga - Beam, Deck
© Kei Sugino

In order to make the plan possible, I took decent research about the space and the type of structure before purchasing the land.

A house in Kamigamo / Méga - Facade
© Kei Sugino

This house has the two-storied gable timber structure on a steel stage lifted with steel pickets.

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Section

Having different levels of LDK and wood deck on the second floor, a family of three lives in this house.

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Address:Kyoto-city, Kyoto, Japan

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Cite: "A house in Kamigamo / Méga" 16 Mar 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/344953/a-house-in-kamigamo-mega> ISSN 0719-8884

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