House in Gokurakuji / Naoya Kawabe Architect & Associates

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Kamakura, Japan
House in Gokurakuji / Naoya Kawabe Architect & Associates - Windows, Beam
© Shinkenchiku Sha

Text description provided by the architects. I move from Kamakura Station to the residential area by a train. I pass through the small tunnel covered by trees. Then I appear in many places of green preserved in the mountain. I go down the station, and a flat way spreads out. A site looks like the valley along the slant when I go up the slope of the immediate slant.

House in Gokurakuji / Naoya Kawabe Architect & Associates - Door, Facade, Windows
© Shinkenchiku Sha

Because the frontal road is a dead end, there is little traffic. The sound of the wave to hear stimulates the five senses subtly by a fragrance and the direction of the wind of the tide.

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First Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan

When I came for the first time, I thought of a slope and green and the sea connected continually from the ground. I wanted to make a building which was connected to the remote sea while having these topography and scenery and relation.

House in Gokurakuji / Naoya Kawabe Architect & Associates - Windows
© Shinkenchiku Sha

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Cite: "House in Gokurakuji / Naoya Kawabe Architect & Associates" 29 Jul 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/530048/house-in-gokurakuji-kawabe-naoya-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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