katsuhiro miyamoto architects: bird house
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From designboom…
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10948/katsuhiro-miyamoto-architects-bird-house.html
‘bird house’ by katsuhiro miyamoto
all images courtesy katsuhiro miyamoto & associates
located in nayoga – city, japan is ‘bird house’ recently completed by japanese architect
katsuhiro miyamoto. constructed primarily out of wood the private residence was designed
around the natural slope of the property. rather than leveling the slope the architects chose
to insert spikes into the ground, so that it would guarantee to be built securely.
by making use of the site characteristics, adjacent to the roads at the top and bottom of the site,
the foundation forms a zigzag approach just like a mountain trail – connecting the two roads.
at the landings formed at the turning points of the zigzag, there are three ‘sites’. the name
‘bird house’ was given to the three white houses, as it is nested on the branch like foundation.
the main entrance
inbetween the two roads
the staircase connecting the two houses
floor plan
floor plan
section view
project info:
title： bird house
location： nagoya-city, aichi
principal use： residence
architects： katsuhiro miyamoto & associates
principal in charge： katsuhiro miyamoto
project team： keishi yamamoto, takenori uotani
structural engineering： masaichi taguchi / taps
general contractor： ido kensetsu
site area： 428.21㎡
built area： 113.74㎡
total floor area： 117.46㎡
（main building / first floor area： 40.27㎡、
second floor area：67.89㎡
annex / first floor area：9.30㎡）
structure：wood: 2 stories
completion date： 2010
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