House N / Sou Fujimoto

Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects
Location: Oita, Japan
Project Team: Yumiko Nogiri
Structural Consultant: Jun Sato Structural Engineers
Design Year: 2006-2007
Construction Year: 2007-2008
Site Area: 236,57 sqm
Constructed Area: 150,57 sqm
Photographer: Iwan Baan

A home for two plus a dog. The house itself is comprised of three shells of progressive size nested inside one another. The outermost shell covers the entire premises, creating a covered, semi-indoor garden. Second shell encloses a limited space inside the covered outdoor space. Third shell creates a smaller interior space. Residents build their life inside this gradation of domain.
I have always had doubts about streets and houses being separated by a single wall, and wondered that a gradation of rich domain accompanied by various senses of distance between streets and houses might be a possibility, such as: a place inside the house that is fairly near the street; a place that is a bit far from the street, and a place far off the street, in secure privacy.
That is why life in this house resembles to living among the clouds. A distinct boundary is nowhere to be found, except for a gradual change in the domain. One might say that an ideal architecture is an outdoor space that feels like the indoors and an indoor space that feels like the outdoors. In a nested structure, the inside is invariably the outside, and vice versa. My intention was to make an architecture that is not about space nor about form, but simply about expressing the riches of what are `between` houses and streets.
Three nested shells eventually mean infinite nesting because the whole world is made up of infinite nesting. And here are only three of them that are given barely visible shape. I imagined that the city and the house are no different from one another in the essence, but are just different approaches to a continuum of a single subject, or different expressions of the same thing- an undulation of a primordial space where humans dwell. This is a presentation of an ultimate house in which everything from the origins of the world to a specific house is conceived together under a single method.
- diagram
- section
- elevation
- ground plan
- site plan











































































wow!!!!!!!!!!!
this guys are just amazing!!!!!!!!!!!
I think this is a very very good and inspiring idea. I’m not entirely convinced by the color choice (it is very white), but I’m sold on the inside/outside idea.
I think the white was imperative as it would detract from the emphasis on the spaces by adding colour into the mix – it would just be too much and not as understated
wonderful.
this looks like the arch-daily logo … ;)
I’m delighted by this genius idea. It’s so simple and seems to really work out. I’m just curious how they managed to convince the local authorities to get a building permission for this form in that area ;)
Grzegorz Woronowicz
eiiiiiiiiii………….so nice its . but for me if it s my home i prefert grey colour .not so easy for dirty .
agree,simple and creative.It seems this idea has many possibilities to futher design.
amazing house!
but i have a question that from the photos it seems there are no glass for the window, how the designer solve the safty problem? is it really someone live inside?
In Japan nobody is worried about robberies or criminality. You can forget your laptop/iphone… in a public place, that you would still find it in the same place. A kind of society where good architecture may be possible.
I am an architecture student, and like these designs very much
i think that white is most fit for the house can be puted in evidence easily
Hace unos meses participe de una conferencia de este arquitecto y fue súper inspiradora.
Tiene una obra muy interesante
idea-space within space is fine..but external look..similar with sejima SNA
That’s a house ..!
Very nice ..!
amazing! such a great inovation! haha.. but… how about rain? thru from the holes..
Inspiring. I want to pour cheetos and PBR on the walls and lick them. Maybe destroy the minimalism through an artistic endeavor.
this is super duper fantastic.simple,clear.great light.
thats fantastic
Very private – id run around naked there
This reminds me of the anti dwelling box by kiko mozuna. nice!
I think about this house almost every day, and have since I first saw it. I know every image by heart I think. There is something magic in these images, if not the house itself. To have such a clear domestic life, the owners must feel empowered to do anything. It seems like if I had such a home, I could take on the world knowing I’d have it to come home to. Truly beautiful.
–
http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com
Very nice on photos. Not so sure the house is that great once the sun and wide angle are gone.
That’s an ideal house, not one to live in.
COOL!!! i love his designs… so creative..
uau!
it´s great. I´m looking for something like this: the relation between exterior and interior space. We always design the natural outside of the house, but why can´t we do it like that: creating the natural inside the house and the owner can do anything they want.
Gracias por esta forma de imaginacion.
Good for paintball, but why it’s called “house”?
This is realy nice building. I like white color which is very modernistic and spaces are open. this is white box but have it’s history;)
Hvala za House N. Zgradila jo bom z možem v Trbovljah, Slovenia, Evropa.
Thank you for House N. I will build it with my husband in Trbovlje, Slovenia, Europe.
very sejima + nishizawa, but very nice
half indoor or half outdoor spaces,it depends on the point of view, on the gradient of natural light,a theme very well explained by this elegant house.i would also like to live in!
well, it’s very cool… maybe too cool to be a ‘home’
for me, i feel dying in that kind of cleanness and simplicity…
@F: It does look like the AD logo!
@Contemporary Art: I absolutely agree. It’s buildings like this that make architecture so invigorating. And you’re right, there is something magical about the building. It’s what Hieu said: the blending of the exterior and interior space: seamless.
Quite nice, I only hope that the originality and novelty of the effects Mr. Fujimoto is generating are not lost in a discussion berating the Japanese for employing a certain shared language or in a comparison with SANAA that uses terms like “first” or “better”. Architecture is a lingual art and Mr. Fujimoto certainly speaks in interesting phrases.
i love nature and i wish like this home ,integrated with nature how much possible…
thank you sou fujimoto for your vision…..
Japanese are the best nowadays
it’s a interesting and comfortble house it’s full of sunlight and green feeling
I would really like to see the MEP Schematics for this house. I see where the people work and relax, and I like it, but I’m having an issue seeing how they actually live in the home.
this house has an apparent privacy problem. it is not like an house but a lounge of somewhere..
new paradigm.. bravo
:D
i like the basic concept, and it looks great in photographs, but the house doesnt seem to deal with the issues of housing typology such as soundproofing (and smell. from the kitchen) between the rooms, the bedroom area looks temporary at best.
Is it really just for 1 couple/single with no children who only eat salads and other foods which do not need to be cooked?
Seems more suitable for an art gallery.
buildings in a building! wow, very unique idea!!
Great work!But as a lazy man,I will not live in this house…..must take a long time to clean it every week…
very nice
I really enjoy this project, especially Mr Fujimoto’s perception of spaces – physically, metaphorically and theoretically.
2:01 AM Jun 2nd
アキバBlog : 歌手になった天才・唯の死亡(自殺?)でおわる「けいおん!」同人誌:
サークル蛸壷屋の夏コミ新刊けいおん!同人誌『万引きJK生 けいおん部』.. http://bit.ly/4jVR33
@game_gadgets
4:03 AM Jun 2nd
jogo da vida, cara cara e banco imobiliario. (@mundoestranho live on http://twitcam.com/1mie4)
6:14 AM Sep 23rd
Interested in writing your CFA I? DayOnBay has got you covered: http://bit.ly/bzu9H7
9:59 AM Oct 10th
RT @SustainableBiz: Sustainability must become business model: Sustainable practices must be as natural as breathing. If they are only… http://bit.ly/9GWbVb
9:59 AM Oct 10th
Sou Fujimoto's House N on ArchDaily: Life in this house resembles living among the clouds http://bit.ly/2lHKJ
11:38 PM Sep 5th
http://www.archdaily.com/7484/house-n-sou-fujimoto/
3:59 PM Sep 8th
Reading: "House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily"( http://twitthis.com/abpbxj )
10:22 PM Oct 4th
Don't know how they live there but it's well thinked http://www.archdaily.com/7484/house-n-sou-fujimoto/
8:12 PM Oct 6th
http://www.archdaily.com/7484/house-n-sou-fujimoto/
9:11 AM Nov 11th
九州の大分にこんなおしゃれな家があるんですね。やっぱり周りの家からは完全に浮いてますね。いやびっくり!http://bit.ly/9qzKUk
9:08 AM Dec 1st
House N / Sou Fujimoto http://t.co/5X4nm3b via
9:08 AM Dec 1st
House N / Sou Fujimoto http://t.co/5X4nm3b
7:27 AM Dec 13th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily: http://bit.ly/gaAPhU #architecture
8:50 AM Dec 13th
RT @F414: House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily: http://bit.ly/gaAPhU #architecture
11:10 PM Mar 10th
http://www.archdaily.com/7484/house-n-sou-fujimoto/?f=selected
6:03 AM Mar 11th
klo di indo ada rumah kayak gini http://www.archdaily.com/7484/house-n-sou-fujimoto/?f=selected maling dah ngincer banget nih -___-
6:58 PM Apr 9th
tak tahle krása by u nás posatvit nešla…
http://www.archdaily.com/7484/house-n-sou-fujimoto/
11:11 AM Apr 11th
Interesting! Too many walls for my liking though, I would keep running into them > House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/N8Ss0kO
7:17 AM Apr 19th
House N of Sou Fujimoto: http://www.archdaily.com/7484/house-n-sou-fujimoto/
4:29 AM May 20th
日本の建築はすばらしいんだけど、諸外国の写真と比べて決定的に残念なのが電線。どうしても入る。><:House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://bit.ly/mPn7s4
11:15 AM May 20th
RT @kotaroUCHIDA: 日本の建築はすばらしいんだけど、諸外国の写真と比べて決定的に残念なのが電線。どうしても入る。><:House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://bit.ly/mPn7s4
7:31 PM Jun 27th
linda vivienda http://t.co/TgGNQUt
3:20 PM Jul 3rd
ムサビの図書館の設計は藤本壮介なのかー納得。これとかhttp://www.archdaily.com/10986/ordos-100-9-sou-fujimoto/ これとか
http://www.archdaily.com/7484/house-n-sou-fujimoto/
2:11 AM Jul 25th
Design: House N by Sou Fujimoto: http://bit.ly/oWzxvY
11:20 AM Aug 26th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/6ZMdotr via @archdaily
12:54 PM Aug 26th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/6DJkaf2 via @archdaily
10:08 PM Aug 26th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/Da0Yfrc via @archdaily – This house never stops inspiring me!
12:35 PM Aug 30th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | http://t.co/n6XsRfG #Architecture #Architettura
8:08 PM Sep 14th
House N / Sou Fujimoto http://t.co/KCkjY7r #architecture
8:09 PM Sep 14th
House N / Sou Fujimoto http://t.co/KCkjY7r #architecture
8:49 PM Sep 14th
House N / Sou Fujimoto http://t.co/1TIHVpoI
11:22 PM Sep 14th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/j8UPhHVF via @archdaily
2:42 AM Sep 15th
Salah satu rumah karya Sou Fujimoto Architects http://t.co/cgHl0dP5 #garden #home http://t.co/pPWiGJdN
4:15 AM Sep 15th
Nice concept…RT @ArchDaily: House N / Sou Fujimoto http://t.co/Otv5r7sh #architecture
6:00 AM Sep 15th
http://t.co/IYQQ7C1Z via @archdaily I love this to bits
9:22 AM Sep 15th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/mtS8Qy3z via @archdaily
12:02 PM Sep 15th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | http://t.co/giSFsPtl
8:57 PM Sep 15th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/zIRQzDfq via @archdaily
8:26 AM Sep 16th
een prachtig huis, gefotografeerd door 'onze' architectuurpro @iwanbaan http://t.co/l2vKY6bj
10:23 AM Sep 16th
House N. http://t.co/7A1lT3dw
8:19 PM Sep 16th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/3FN0VvEH via @archdaily
1:04 PM Sep 18th
少し前な気もするが・・・今見ても新鮮。
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/nXF7RW7x via @archdaily
6:50 PM Sep 19th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/8IYswgmg via @archdaily
5:50 PM Sep 20th
aqui teneis el link a un proyecto muy sugerente de Sou Fujimoto. Espacios intermedios, gradientes de privacidad,… http://t.co/paO5KU40
8:09 AM Sep 21st
aqui teneis el link a un proyecto muy sugerente de Sou Fujimoto. Espacios intermedios, gradientes de privacidad,… http://t.co/paO5KU40
8:16 AM Sep 21st
aqui teneis el link a un proyecto muy sugerente de Sou Fujimoto. Espacios intermedios, gradientes de privacidad,… http://t.co/paO5KU40
10:18 AM Sep 29th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/A9W2bvGy via @archdaily
7:35 AM Oct 3rd
House N / Sou Fujimoto http://t.co/d9JPRfle via @archdaily
10:28 AM Oct 17th
#House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/PZSOvEG1 via @archdaily #architecture
12:57 PM Oct 19th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/hchLJFQk via @archdaily
5:50 PM Oct 24th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/9EVM7alN vía @archdaily
11:50 PM Nov 5th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/qd8FQDKD via @archdaily
2:26 PM Nov 23rd
http://t.co/0kGUeX5M speechless…woooww #claque #architecture #Japan
10:18 AM Dec 2nd
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/0uhAl6EQ via @archdaily
4:43 PM Dec 5th
House N / Sou Fujimoto http://t.co/jXk2iv0t vía @archdaily
1:27 AM Dec 7th
http://t.co/CjO8UkxI via @archdaily i m such a fan of glass roofs/ceilings- closer and in touch with the sky
2:52 AM Dec 7th
Nested House N by Sou Fujimoto
http://t.co/dGKyTK4y
10:19 PM Jan 18th
House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/qcChNjc1 via @archdaily
3:04 AM Jan 29th
凄く惹かれる… House N / Sou Fujimoto | ArchDaily http://t.co/Xxe5fRIa @archdailyさんから