Forest Bath by Kyoko ikuta architecture laboratory + Ozeki architects & associates

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This is a summer house situated in the forest.  In this house, by “digging a triangle plane into a house figure”, the view extending obliquely upward was gained.  Since the site is comparatively flat, a specific view does not open, like hills, but the big Japanese larch which has grown over ten meters is beautiful.  Because the views of the larch branches cannot be caught by adopting horizontal openings, we considered catching it by the opening in a slant direction.

Wooden shade is reflected in the center room dug by the triangle from a high position, and it changes every moment as time goes by.  A natural expression is translated and expressed in forms, such as the shade of a tree and light, on a white canvas.  Moreover, a sense of distance with trees is adjusted depending on how to place yourself, and it provides a spatial experience filtered with depth.

On the other hand, the rooms of both wings are contrastively darker than the center room, and they are illuminated by the wavering light coming from the center room. Through the low eaves, the view enters the space which leads to the bottom grass of the woods.

这是位于森林之中的夏季别墅。在这个房子里面挂出一个三角形的洞将视野引往上方。因为场地平坦，不像在山上那样具有特别的视野，但这里有着很多高大的日本落叶松。为了更好的获得观赏落叶松的景框，建筑师设置了斜向而非平行的开口。森林的影子从这个三角形洞口打入别墅内部，随着时间的改变而改变，用自然的方式在建筑白色的“画布”上打上光与影。同时，这里提供了一个有进深度的空间体验，与树的距离取决于你自己的感观。

另外一方面，两侧的房间相较中心房间后退更深，被中心房间过来的漫反射光线所照亮，同时这两个房间的一侧拥有低矮的窗户，为房间引入森林底部的草甸与野花景致。

Credits and Data
Project title: Forest bath
Location: Nagano, Japan
Use: Summer house
Completion: 2010
Steel construction
Land area: 590.94㎡
Total floor area: 71.37㎡
Architects:
Kyoko Ikuta / Kyoko Ikuta Architecture Laboratory
http://ikutalab.net/
Katsuyuki Ozeki / Ozeki Architects & Associates
http://www.01.246.ne.jp/~ozeki/index.html
Structural engineering: IIJIMA Structural Design Office
Constructor: Daiichi kensetsu
Photo: Tomohiro Sakashita

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