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一对三十多岁没有孩子的夫妇在日本出云市岛根县开始了理想中的乡村生活。场地位于视野开阔的出云平原，远山在天边绵延，水稻在近处摇荡，一排刺柏木在门口当起天然栅栏，而乡村小屋，就在公路一侧。

这个小屋面积大约66平米，因为临街，所以窗户被抬高离地90公分，保护室内隐私，房间中长而宽的窗户将乡村风光引入室内。室内空间划分简单却又简单得让人心醉。客厅与卧室同处一室，以低矮的储物柜为界线，卧室的标高比客厅降低几部台阶，面向公路后的田园景观。储物空间积极利用地板下面的空间。使得整个房间看起来空间开阔而通透，无论哪个方向的乡村风光都可以被尽情享用。

简单的生活并不是人人可以拥有。业主在这里将在这里继续展开自己美好而理想的乡村生活。

The project site is located in the Izumo Plain made of sands carried by the Hii River, leading to Lake Shinji, and the Kobe River, leading to the Sea of Japan, in Izumo City of Shimane prefecture. It is known as a rice‐producing district in Shimane prefecture characterized by its Tsujimatsu windbreak forests, where open plains are uncommon. The northwest boundary of the site of 100 tsubo (330 square meters) is lined by trees of the Juniperus genus and a countryside view extends out opposite the street.

The client is a couple in their thirties. Since it is a small house with a total area of about 20 tsubo (66 square meters), the minimum necessary function is laid out in one-story structure. The living room window, raised 90 cm above the ground level to protect the privacy from the street, frames the view of the pastoral scenery and the client’s large oval table fits well without feeling crowded.

There is an appropriate distance between the living room and the bedroom, with the bedroom’s floor being lowered, and there is a view to sunflowers through the window beyond which were planted for the soil improvement by the client. When one descends down to the bedroom, the private garden approaches, the living room window starts to frame only the sky, and the secured feeling is provided as if you are in a comfortable cellar. The furniture to divide two areas provides storage areas for daily use and the hidden doors in the furniture inside leads to storage under the living and dining floors. The storage area provided is abundant though the house is very compact in scale. The house is close to the clients’ work and to the clients’ parents’ house.

They can enjoy gardening in the big yard, surrounded by beautiful pastoral scene. Occasional dinner visits from parents and friends are framed in a sunset view. This architecture realizes an ideal of compact, countryside living.

Shoko Murakaji, Naoto Murakaji / harunatsu-arch

Location　　　　　      Izumo,Shimane,Japan
Type of use 　　      Residential
Size 　　　　　　       single storey
Total floor space　    68.74 square meters
Statics             Tatsumi Terado Structural Studio
Year of construction 2014
Photo              Kai Nakamura

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