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Project details:
Location: Kamakura, Japan
From architect: “This project transmits a 90-year-old house in Kamakuru, Japan, at the studio. It is a new annex to most of its time. They wanted to call the artists and culinary experts and enjoying the creative time together or entertain their friends.
“The building is located in the middle of the steep cliff, characteristic of Kamakura, floors, walls, ceilings, and sunlight and sunlight and sunlight and sunlight. They are a space that accidentally mix architecture and the environment.
“In the renovation of the building, we did not take the exposed parts of the repaired and reinforced the color, which was considered to preserve the materials and preserve them at the next reception, we tried to gather materials and To save them at the next reception. We tried to preserve the next window use. The sense of building identity and is again in the reuse of the foundation that supported the building for many years.
“We have chosen materials that would well, such as Yakisugi on external walls and brass massive button, which were used in the previous home client and accommodated in more years, as well as the ancient windows frameworks already possessed.
“In the new floor plan, the first floor mainly consists of a studio. Location of the ceiling, allowing you to open and close in the vertical hair room. By opening and closing the panels, atmosphere, sounds and warm air from the stove to The wood is transferred upstairs, making the whole building feel as a spacious, open room.
The “concrete deck in the garden is designed to form a thin layer of water, while spreading, spread decks and moving patterns are reflective on architecture. After the rain, it becomes a passing pool and natural light and natural light and natural light.
“In renewing the old house, we were sure to pass the time recorded in the country and architecture and forward it to us to create a building that combines the feeling of old and new, integration with landscape and affinity.”
