House M / Keiko Maita Architect

House M / Keiko Maita Architect - Windows, Door, Facade
© Yoshiharu Matsumura
Shunan, Japan

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House M / Keiko Maita Architect - Windows
© Yoshiharu Matsumura

Text description provided by the architects. House M is located in a rural area surrounded by mountains in Yamaguchi-Prefecture, Japan.  

House M / Keiko Maita Architect - Door, Windows, Facade
© Yoshiharu Matsumura

The clients, a couple who used to work long hours in the busy city, wanted a quiet house in the nature in relation to the rhythm of the sun.

House M / Keiko Maita Architect - Windows
© Yoshiharu Matsumura

This small house (100m2) was designed so that the clients would be able to wake up every morning and enjoy the soft light of the rising sun.  The exterior walls of the house are made of a semi translucent tent material which allows the sun to penetrate softly inside the house. The exterior skin protects the house from the rain, the direct sunlight and also acts as an insulation barrier. The construction of the house is simple and is made of a traditional wood frame structure. In the night, the interior light glows outside like a graceful lantern in the landscape.

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Cite: "House M / Keiko Maita Architect" 09 Jun 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/382472/house-m-keiko-maita-architect> ISSN 0719-8884

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