While the spaces are separated and independent from each other, the framed openings created on the wall allow continuous sightline between these spaces. These openings have been designed so that the residents feel the atmosphere from each other. At the upstairs habitable space, the windows, bookshelves, storages, as well as the rooms, are framed and separated by exquisite colors and minimum shapes, yielding to the space a sense of linkage and distance.
Consisting of the semi-outdoor passage space, gallery, and habitable space, all of which are framed and depict themselves, the house creates affluent linkage within the living spaces.
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FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects, Framing House, Shiga, Japan. Ground floor plan
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FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects, Framing House, Shiga, Japan. First floor plan
Framing House, Shiga, Japan
Program: residential
Architects: FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects
Area: 127.85 sqm
Completion: 2015