SYAP: House in Yokkaichi

In contrast to the introverted adjacent houses, typical of Japanese cities, the house designed by Syap opens to the community and to the sky, letting daylight filter in the wooden interior.

The site is in located in Yokkaichi, one of the most representative industrial city in Japan.

Even though this old town is abundant with nature, in the neighborhood houses are built with fences enclosing their own sites from the local community.

Against this present codition of the surroundings, the project is aimed to open to the community. The house is set back from the street to obtain sunlight from the south, and this also brings an opportunity for its garden to connect with the other ones. Moreover, the garden lets wind to blow east and west and passenby to see the mountain range in the background.

On the exterior wall, huge opening is set up onto the garden and the inside is connected to exterior as an unified space except private rooms. The huge eaves provides comfortable environment suitable for climate in Japan with the four seasons by controlling the amount of sunlight. On the other hand, the light leaked from high side window lights up the surroundings like a lantern.