URBAN HOUSE WITH A LARGE PILLAR AND SMALL FLOORS ｜ SangoDesign

URBAN HOUSE WITH A LARGE PILLAR AND SMALL FLOORS

- A diverse and rich whole created by a series of small scenes. -
URBAN HOUSE WITH A LARGE PILLAR AND SMALL FLOORS

- A diverse and rich whole created by a series of small scenes. -

- A diverse and rich whole created by a series of small scenes -

The project is an urban dwelling for a family of three - a couple and their daughter.The site is very conveniently located in the city center and close to a train station.The owner decided to live on this small piece of land after struggling to compare a large piece of land in the suburbs with this small piece of land in the city center.We sought to find a way of living that was suitable for this small plot of land, a new modern urban dwelling.

A huge through pillar of cypress logs, about 50 cm in diameter and 10 m long, was erected in the middle of the building, running from the ground floor to the roof.It is a stout house with its pillars as the structural keystone and many small floors attached around them.

The height of each floor was also adjusted to meet the complex demands, intentions and regulatory needs of the interior and exterior areas.The displaced floors created a series of open spaces of various sizes, with openings and expanses.One closed symbolic space is dispersed and becomes a collection of open parts.

The three-dimensional continuous space with large pillars and small floors is considered to be one of the new forms of urban dwellings in the modern era.A series of small scenes may create a diverse and rich whole.

First, one main pillar is built on a small site and many small floors are installed around it to create spaces. These small spaces are connected to each other.

Cross-sectional drawing

Model ※

Buying the main pillar ※

The pillar standing on site ※

hand-crafting ※

ridgepole-raising ceremony ※

USE	HOUSE
LOCATION	Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan
STRUCTURE	timber frame
SITE AREA	49.59m²
BUILDING AREA	29.61m²
TOTAL FLOOR AREA	71.43m²
DESIGN PERIOD	2014.05-2015.07
CONSTRUCTION PERIOD	2015.07-2016.08
Structural Design	Ryo Kuwako / KUWAKO ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS
Facilities Design	Masako Takatsuki
Contractor	Ikeda Komuten
Photo	Satoshi Asakawa (※ SangoDesign)