penccil: Back to the basics

Back to the basics

Small Core House in Ochiaigawa by UNIT-O (YONEDA MASAHIRO)
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Back to the basics: The core divides the space of one room gently and it serves as an important infrastructure of daily life.

The core divides the space of one room gently and it serves as an important infrastructure of daily life.

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Back to the basics: This project is a minimal house for a young couple built along the riverside of Ochiaigawa of Higashikurume, Tokyo prefecture, in Japan.

This project is a minimal house for a young couple built along the riverside of Ochiaigawa of Higashikurume, Tokyo prefecture, in Japan.

Back to the basics: We designed the interiors so that nobody could feel and see their daily life extremely. Outer shell has minimum function such as only an insulation and the lighting, and it is abstract expression of a weak, white and thin outline.

We designed the interiors so that nobody could feel and see their daily life extremely. Outer shell has minimum function such as only an insulation and the lighting, and it is abstract expression of a weak, white and thin outline.

Back to the basics: We examined materials closely and made space without waste for the demand of the client of a low cost house.

We examined materials closely and made space without waste for the demand of the client of a low cost house.

Back to the basics: From the main room you can appreciate an abstract picture, the scenery of Ochiaigawa totally gets through a big picture window. It also seems to be one representational painting cut on a frame.

From the main room you can appreciate an abstract picture, the scenery of Ochiaigawa totally gets through a big picture window. It also seems to be one representational painting cut on a frame.

Back to the basics: The house is built next to the greenest zone of Ochiaigawa, being a simple and white volume like a “TOFU” individualizes to it surrounding environment.

The house is built next to the greenest zone of Ochiaigawa, being a simple and white volume like a “TOFU” individualizes to it surrounding environment.

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Back to the basics: Contrary to it, We put almost daily life function into the core which constitutes a nest. Furthermore, We paint the core in deep-blue and assume it contrastive expression with the outer shell.

Contrary to it, We put almost daily life function into the core which constitutes a nest. Furthermore, We paint the core in deep-blue and assume it contrastive expression with the outer shell.

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