Cube House / Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

Aug 2010

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Architects: Shinichi Ogawa & Associates / Urbanist Architect
Location: Kanagawa, Japan
Site area: 120.80 sqm
Building area: 72.25 sqm
Total floor area: 114.14 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

first floor plan

south elevation

The house is built on a 1.5M grid module in all XYZ directions.

This site is at a corner of the new residential area in Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan.

The space is composed of a solid cube of 9.0M x 9.0M x 6.0M and a cubic void of 4.5M x 4.5M x 6.0M.

The hall, children’s room, kitchen are laid out to surround the living-dining room on the ground floor.

On the first floor, the bedroom, walk-in closet, bathroom, court, are are laid out to surround the double floor-height well which is 6.0M.

Each room of the interior space is connected through the void of the living room.

section 02

And the void cuts off the sky as a geometric form, letting the sunlight inside.

In this house, all events, the changes of the seasons, course of time, and human activity, are created through the void.

: © Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

: © Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

: © Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

: © Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

: © Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

: © Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

: © Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

: © Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

: © Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

: © Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

: site plan

: first floor plan

: second floor plan

: south elevation

: west elevation

: section 01

: section 02

* Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.

Cite:
Saieh , Nico . "Cube House / Shinichi Ogawa & Associates" 12 Aug 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 25 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/72675>

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Omar says:

Jail House?

# August 12, 2010 at 11:25

Albert says:

Japanese minimalism aesthetics at it’s extreme.
Especially I like “west facade” :)

# August 12, 2010 at 13:21

niko says:

I also liked the elevation :)

# August 13, 2010 at 02:42

Ichabod Crane says:

Mausoleum House? Morgue House? Yeesh!

# August 12, 2010 at 14:04

Gato says:

It makes me sick

# August 12, 2010 at 15:03

QDP says:

back to design school. Wrong scale, fear of dimensions, lack of context to human need.

# August 12, 2010 at 15:11

Josh says:

This can’t be a house. I applaud the simplicity of form, but it just feels so incredibly cold. The scale of the main area is way too overblown, when it had the potential to be an amazing space. It isn’t inviting in the least sense, and pays no attention whatsoever to the surrounding context. It seems to be driven purely by formalism alone.

# August 12, 2010 at 15:38

cerakk says:

WWWWHHHOOOOAAAAAAA, jajajajaja, this is a bit excessive.

# August 12, 2010 at 16:49

koca says:

hahaha. imagine being the kid growing up in this house…

# August 12, 2010 at 18:16

up_today_arch says:

It can be a house… If you have same mind… Normally houses build for certain client, not by generall rules. If client like this, so… for him it is the best house in the world.

# August 13, 2010 at 06:59

teum says: