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Architects: Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects
- Year: 2013
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Photographs:Yasutaka Yoshimura
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A weekend house facing to the Sagami Bay with view to Mt. Fuji and Enoshima.
![Window House / Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects - Stairs](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5302/d1db/e8e4/4ec6/9a00/002b/medium_jpg/_MG_9807.jpg?1392693687)
The site is just 3 x 8m with 60% of footprint, and the building has become 3 stories almost automatically because the ground floor had to be a piloti by consideration of the storm surge. It seemed difficult to avoid blocking the view of the neighborhood behind.
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So I designed a large openings both at the sea-side and the road side in order to keep the view passing through the building during the absence of the owner. And there is a view to the mountains at the road-side indeed.
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It stands between land and sea and became a house as a window to see through each other.