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Architects: KamakuraStudio
- Area: 95 m²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:Nacasa & Partners
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Manufacturers: Hirata TILE, Panasonic, Sanwa
![The House with Plants / KamakuraStudio - Windows, Table, Facade, Chair, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a83/bf8f/f197/ccb0/b700/032c/newsletter/003_look_up_from_1F.jpg?1518583676)
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](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a83/c106/f197/ccb0/b700/0334/newsletter/008_facade.jpg?1518584039)
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.
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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](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a83/c043/f197/ccb0/b700/0330/newsletter/006_ceiling.jpg?1518583844)
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.
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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](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a83/c1dd/f197/cce4/3f00/055a/newsletter/014_2Fnight.jpg?1518584253)
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![The House with Plants / KamakuraStudio - Facade, Windows, Stairs, Handrail](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a83/c232/f197/cce4/3f00/055b/newsletter/016_shinygarden_night.jpg?1518584336)
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.