House in Gohara / Suppose Design Office

Oct 2009

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , Concrete, Japan, Suppose Design Office

Architects: Suppose Design Office
Location: Kure city, Hiroshima, Japan
Program: Private House
Site area: 451.18 sqm
Building area: 109.43 sqm
Total floor area: 110.55 sqm
Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano from Nacasa&Partners Inc.

House in Gohara is a house of a young couple.

When I visited this site at first, I thought that I wanted to take the blessed environment of the neighborhood as much as possible.

And, to make the nature in order to stand out the building, it is composed of few materials as much as possible.

first floor plan

Then, it is neither a partition nor fittings among each part in the interior space. It composes- as the exterior space partitions the interior space.

By becoming familiar relation between the interior space and the exterior, and we could reach the new relation that it is not one space, it is not some parts of spaces either. We hope to become the place for architecture as a simple matter to enjoy nature using neither a special material nor the technology.

: first floor plan

: second floor plan

19 comments »

rodrigo bocater says:

am i wrong, or the only way you get the view is sitting on the toilet!?!?!?

jesus…

i´m probably outdated with the new housing style from japan

# October 27, 2009 at 13:17

AAA says:

woo… he’s right… jajaja

# October 27, 2009 at 13:48

gn says:

awesome!!! go suppose go!!!!!

anavic says:

The garage is upstairs, isn’t it? I kind of need a section of the ground to understand that, cause there are windows downstairs. I don’t know, lack of information.

# October 27, 2009 at 14:35

Hunia Tomoum says:

the building is offset from the road… there is kind of bridge in the architecture connecting the road to the roof… that’s why u find windows on the the side of the road too.

see:
- Go01 image ( look on the very left)
- on the second floor plan, u’ll find the extended platform on plan

# November 17, 2009 at 01:39

Dan says:

So cold! I don’t feel connected to nature at all in this design. I can imagine seeing that beautiful view and then cracking my head open when I walk though the glass wall. The photos really don’t help the architect’s argument at all

# October 27, 2009 at 14:56

panza says:

nice, but a really introvert building in a really extrovert surrounding – even with the whole facede transparent, it could work – and maybe much better.

I could imagine it in a much denser enviroment.

# October 27, 2009 at 19:14

limil says:

The grass is definitely greener on the other side.

# October 28, 2009 at 02:32

M. says:

Looks like a lot of thermical deperditions to, in the end, feel like you’re in one big room.
Rodrigo Bocater’s comment is the best! hahha

# October 28, 2009 at 06:16

eu realmente não entendo as conformações dos espaços internos orientais. admiro muito, mas diversas vezes chega a ser curioso o porque em decisões como essa nesse projeto!

vi seu blog! braileira/francesa! otimo! gostei dos textos =D

# October 28, 2009 at 14:46

Ah, que bacana! Seja bemvindo!
When I saw teh 1st pic, I thought the wiew should be ugly or something. That happens a lot in japanese architecture, to hide from the external landscape of crowded urban towns. But nope: here the site is rather nice. Go figure…

# October 28, 2009 at 18:04

P says:

energy waste, no privacy, Space one two and three are one visually, Too silhouette for…no nice view, more expensive construction, stones in the garage are beautiful in the photo, but I can^t see a woman walking with stylus shoes on them,
I think the majority of houses are currently undertaking to see from outside, as these monstrous women operated with botox, but no to living in. sorry for my comments.

# November 9, 2009 at 18:22

Jeison says:

Somebody once said here in Archdaily that modern japanese is for people who doesn´t need colours or plants or life because it´s all in their minds, or something like that. I still prefer these elements FOR REAL.

# October 28, 2009 at 06:25

john avlakiotis says:

Real good work! I wish there were more photos…

# October 28, 2009 at 11:26

to anavic,
the building is offset from the road… there is kind of bridge in the architecture connecting the road to the roof… that’s why u find windows on the the side of the road too.

# October 29, 2009 at 03:37

papanoa says:

cool design. one have certainly to adapt the daily life to such sculptural designs – would be worth it for me. but i see a lot of potential termic problems. what about the climate-chenge?? projects not reflecting those problems are outdated, i`m afraid.

# October 29, 2009 at 07:20

arnold says:

this house is joy for neighbors :-).

# October 29, 2009 at 20:33

very ascetic, cold and conceptual house; maybe too much for the Europeans eyes. But for Japanese it’s – O.K. In some case, it’s like architectural haiku.

# October 29, 2009 at 20:43

whiterock says: