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Terabe Guest House / Tomoaki Uno Architects

Hana Abdel — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The recent health boom has increased the number of people who prefer to eat brown rice. However, because of the taste and texture, there are not many who choose to eat it every day. There is an enzymatic brown rice recipe which is a tasty and nutritious way to eat brown rice as part of one's daily diet. The only ingredients are brown rice, azuki beans, and sun-dried salt, but the cooking process is quite time-consuming to make it every day. The owner of this company is the first person in Japan to make it possible to cook brown rice in a rice cooker, just as you would cook white rice. She and her partner, who is an engineer, succeeded in commercializing the product several years ago, and the company has been making steady progress ever since.

Shigehara Honmachi House / Tomoaki Uno Architects

Hana Abdel — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 01:00:00 +0000

The site is on a slope with the highest northern face bordering the road and hanging south from there. The client wanted a house to accommodate a family of four, including two (future) children. They also wanted a space for a wood-burning stove and their surfboard.

Takamine-cho House / Tomoaki Uno Architects

Hana Abdel — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 20:00:00 +0000

The site is located in an upscale residential area with lush greenery, with Nagoya University and Nanzan University within walking distance. I had designed a clinic for a client before, and this was my second commission. Therefore, I started the concrete design immediately without any time to warm up the relationship.

Sako House / Tomoaki Uno Architects

Hana Abdel — Wed, 25 May 2022 20:00:00 +0000

The client is a middle-aged university professor majoring in design. It is a single person's house. He was his fifth home this time. His requests were clear from past experience. It was a universal architecture suitable for the final residence.

Tokugawa-cho Guesthouse / Tomoaki Uno Architects

Hana Abdel — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The text was written by the project curator with reference to the architect's notes. The Tokugawa-cho guesthouse is a most recent intervention by Tomoaki Uno, in which the practice renovated one family home in Aichi, transforming it into a versatile guesthouse. Trying to make as much with traditional timber construction coupled with new techniques, the architect was able to achieve three new adjoining spaces including a storeroom, tea ceremony house, and a separate office.

Shironishi House / Tomoaki Uno Architects

Hana Abdel — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The house was planned on a site near Nagoya Castle. Clients' main requests were two or more parking spaces and a large terrace where family could enjoy barbecue. Piloti was inevitable from the size of the site.

Togo House / Tomoaki Uno Architects

Hana Abdel — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 19:00:00 +0000

The plan was a tight budget house.I thought that the Japanese traditional method “ITAKURA” was the best under severe conditions."ITAKURA" is a construction method with beauty, heat insulation and fire prevention performance.

Yomogidai House / Tomoaki Uno Architects

Hana Abdel — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 01:00:00 +0000

The client is a middle-aged single man. We have a budget plan for a future marriage. It took about a year for the site to meet the client's requirements. The site is a quiet residence about 20 minutes east of Nagoya by car.

Takenoyama House 3 / Tomoaki Uno Architects

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 20:00:00 +0000

It was very difficult to come up with a plan to take advantage of this location after resolving landslide structures, their laws and possible construction methods.

Sagamine House / Tomoaki Uno Architects

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:00:00 +0000

The site is an old developed residential area on the outskirts of Nagakute, next to Nagoya. A slightly conservative impression of the client's couple wanted a modern house with exposed concrete.

Ogimachi House / Tomoaki Uno Architects

Hana Abdel — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 20:00:00 +0000

This house was built by a son for a sick mother. An important concept of this house is the way private and society interact. Eventually, I proposed a house with no windows on the wall except for the entrance and the rear entrance. Instead, he suggested installing 32 fixes and five large windows that could be opened and closed on the ceiling.