House in Bandoubashi / 2001

House in Bandoubashi / 2001 - WindowsHouse in Bandoubashi / 2001 - Door, Facade, WindowsHouse in Bandoubashi / 2001 - Windows, Facade, Countertop, BeamHouse in Bandoubashi / 2001 - Windows, BeamHouse in Bandoubashi / 2001 - More Images+ 10

Yokohama, Japan
  • Architects: 2001
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  43
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2016
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Shimizu Ken
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Lixil Corporation, Sanwa, WaterSaver Faucet Co.
House in Bandoubashi / 2001 - Door, Facade, Windows
© Shimizu Ken

Text description provided by the architects. The project is a renovation of a house for rent. The 50-year-old wooden house had been left to lie in ruin. The roofs had fallen down, the exterior walls had broken, and the floors, walls and ceilings had dismantled of those concept. In the circumstances, the house had been tolerated the invasion of animals and plants from outside and it seemed as if the house had been turning into feral; however, we could found out that the feral house involved a kind of aesthetics and potentiality.

House in Bandoubashi / 2001 - Windows, Facade, Countertop, Beam
© Shimizu Ken
Plan
House in Bandoubashi / 2001 - Windows, Beam
© Shimizu Ken

These are openness, which tolerate all other existence as well as homogeneity of Japanese traditional house which structure, interior and exterior finishing, and fittings, all of those are comprised of just one single material, wood.

House in Bandoubashi / 2001 - Windows, Facade, Beam
© Shimizu Ken

And then, we planned the space with intent to cause expansive usage with privacy and functionality, we raised existing elements up individually and formed an intermediate space that connect inside / outside by gradation. Moreover, we designed new things that put in the space without a decorativeness to adapt oneself to circumstances.

House in Bandoubashi / 2001 - Windows, Beam
© Shimizu Ken
House in Bandoubashi / 2001 - Image 9 of 15
© Shimizu Ken

When the light steal in but dimly a kind of homogeneous space through the wooden fittings, those add dramas, and shows the scenery of the four seasons. In the feral house, there are aesthetics and inherent homogeneity of Japanese traditional wooden house. We tried to find a new way of openness while handling those carefully.

House in Bandoubashi / 2001 - Image 13 of 15
© Shimizu Ken

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Cite: "House in Bandoubashi / 2001" 22 Sep 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/795775/house-in-bandoubashi-2001> ISSN 0719-8884

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