The house begins with a simple rectangular space clad in wooden panels. The kitchen, washroom, desk and storage shelving line this area, creating a room that also functions as a passage. Parallel to this passage is the "free space", topped with a gable roof, with sunlight and the wind coming into the space from an aperture. In the night time, one can see moonlight and hear the singing of insects.
The space also enables users to see each other, as a space with no partition does not have the usual perception as a room. In the cube which was covered by black wall, a plywood "ant-house" is created where minimal detailing allows natural materials to shine and minimal space planning lets users define the world around them.
Location: Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Design Team: Atsushi Kawamoto, Mayumi Kawamoto
Project Year: 2012
Project Area: 66,24 square metres
Plot Area: 241,13 square metres
