This is the renovation of elongated wooden house located on the site from north to south width of 5m × 12m depth.
From east to west, but is showing signs of narrowing that house is approached, the approach side of a small garden facing north, south mid-rise apartments are exchanged, are provided with views of orange groves still.
Wooden building was built in more than 40 years and structural reinforcement due to aging, changing the style of life was sought by aging.
Building is a rectangle of height 10.5m × 6m depth of 4.5m ×, the structure is composed of 910mm × 1820mm which is a traditional Japanese module.
Program for the renovation are that get rid of the stud-partition wall is comparatively small, is to carry out structural reinforcement brace reinforcing pillars and the newly inserted.
Is disposed to functionally around the water storage function and necessary, place the staircase and atrium lead to it, from north to south has provided a small terrace.
Pillars have become bare, in order to turn off the hassle of structure, material is covered with a transparent bra slightly - to achieve that effect. This acts as a screen wall and lighting fixtures. Screen results in a slight direction and independence in open spaces, each space that is continuous.
The outer wall, which won the openness by the opening of the portrait of 2850mm width 750mm × height. Subjected to residential areas because it is a film screen, the glass surface has been pixelated, is the privacy of certain trends in the blocking of neighborhood life, was to be able to feel the workings of nature changing. In this case, while I also abstract the elements surrounding the life, have been proposed a space to live like the hand life itself emerges to clear.