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- Architects: Takashi Okuno Architectural design office
- Location: Ehime Prefecture, Japan
- Area: 256.0 m2
- Project Year: 2017
- Photographs: Shigeo Ogawa
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From the architect. The clients have 3 children and they are busy looking after them. The brief is for a large 2-story house efficiently designed with short lines of movement to facilitate their busy everyday life.
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The living area is an open and dynamic space with decorative beams, whereas the natural reed cladding on the dining area and kitchen ceilings creates a calming effect.
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The L-shaped garden gives the family a great deal of freedom. The gate, approach, entrance lobby and tatami-floored living room provide plenty of space for entertaining guests.
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“The tatami room is an important place for entertaining important visitors, a special place which is usually out of bounds to children”.
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A home is a relaxed, harmonious place for a family, but at the same time it is a place where parents pass on concepts to their children.
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A place where love for the family, respect for friends and acquaintances, and gratitude are not forgotten.
This is a home which embodies all the coupleʼs ideas.
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