The House with Plants / KamakuraStudio

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Katsushika-ku, Japan
  • Architects: KamakuraStudio
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  95
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Nacasa & Partners
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Hirata TILE, Panasonic, Sanwa
  • Other Participants: Daiko Electric, Katsuyuki Ando
  • Architect In Charge: Keisuke Fukui, Keisuke Morikawa
  • City: Katsushika-ku
  • Country: Japan
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The House with Plants / KamakuraStudio - Windows, Table, Facade, Chair, Beam
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Text description provided by the architects. The house before rebuilding had stayed in the shadow because the location that had been surrounded by many buildings had been bad.

The House with Plants / KamakuraStudio - Windows, Facade
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That's why the room hadn't got much sunlight, and the potted plants that had been outside had been losing their energy in the dimly-lit place.

So we started designing the best places for plants with the owner who loves plants.

The House with Plants / KamakuraStudio - Stairs, Handrail, Windows
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First of all, we set up the garden on the second floor of the north side which has been the best place of getting a lot of sun and hasn't backlit. And then we put some plants in it.

Secondly, we tilted the ceiling that we coated the surface of with reflective material.

The House with Plants / KamakuraStudio - Windows
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By doing so, we have projected the shape of  the plants that can not be seen from the first floor as a virtual image on the ceiling.

1st Floor Plan
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2nd Floor Plan

On the second floor, there has been the space that is full of greenery and it's as if  we were absorbed in looking into a kaleidoscope of plants.

The House with Plants / KamakuraStudio - Windows
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The House with Plants / KamakuraStudio - Facade, Windows, Stairs, Handrail
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We expect that the space which the plants and architecture create has people who adapt to diverse changes like day-to-day moment by moment feel pleasure.

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Cite: "The House with Plants / KamakuraStudio" 19 Feb 2018. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/889040/the-house-with-plants-kamakurastudio> ISSN 0719-8884

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