The house was designed for a couple and their four children and built in an area with a high concentration of commercial and residential buildings surrounded by many parks. The topography around the site is undulating, surrounded by uplands to the north, east and south allowing the house to be protected from the elements.

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Inspired by architect Tsutomu Abe’s own house, the client requested a home that would suits the family, taking into account the surrounding environment. Al family members participated in the meetings and shared their opinions, instilling the idea of creating garden at the center of the house. It’s in this idea that the house was  designed to open up to the large open green space on the east side of the building, in the center of the interior, a one-room space with almost no partitions from the entrance, where the various family members’ places of residence are visible and hidden in succession.

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In order to avoid monotony, the ceiling height and floor level are varied according to the character of each living space, and windows of various sizes are provided to alow the eye to pass through in various directions.

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Designer: Toshiyuki Igarashi, Hiroyuki Inaoka - Studio Cochi Architects

Structural Design: Masayuki Takata - RGB Structure

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