Dark Exterior House Design, Y House by IDEA Office in Saitama, Japan
July 21st, 2011 - Posted in Minimalist House
The Y-house project attempts to develop a design that successfully incorporates solar
access to all parts of the house, connecting to the surrounding
environment through outdoor spaces that enhanced the feeling of openness
all while maintaining privacy. The house is located in Tokyo. It is
bound on three sides by neighboring two story houses punctuated by
random windows and balconies that eliminate any chance for privacy, and by a street located along the southern edge.
The forms and organizations of such urban single-family house have been driven toward extreme versions of efficiency by an ever-increasing metropolitan density. To designer, the main concept of this building is to get both miniaturized and multi-functional, and even the most modest condition of outdoor space is captured as a commodity of light, air and view. At its best the result is creative solutions driven by extreme constraint, at its worst the production of almost inhumane living conditions.
The house has three main levels: carport, utility and garden on the ground, primary living spaces on the second level, and children’s bedrooms on the third. Those three levels are organized in the rear half of the site as a tall bar building, liberating the front half of the site as a privacy to provide unfettered solar access, a useful outdoor terrace that effectively doubles the living space, and a garden. The outdoor space is made private by a large, two-story enclosure around its perimeter that is open to the sky.
Of course all rooms of the house are oriented to look into the private terrace and garden, avoiding an awkward proximity with their neighbors. A single, large rectangular cutout in the street façade brings south light into the terrace and living areas beyond, while the adjacent garden is more enclosed,and shaded.
The house is strategically designed for passive solar control, employing the screen wall to shade the garden and adjacent bedrooms, and by incorporating a steel brise soleil to cool south facing glazing. Operable skylights let the natural ventilation of summer heat, while the low winter sun is brought into the house for passive heating. Other materials used are such insulated metal panels, a reflective white roof, and instantaneous water heater. So it is no wonder why this project often so called as the futuristic concept.
The living areas on the second and third floors at the rear of the site the sectional qualities of the house could provide a privacy from the street while maintaining southern exposure. Employing a building organization that relies on a densely packed and efficient volume to liberate the remainder of the site, the Y-house can responds to the conditions of urban density in order to liberate the pleasures of living.
The forms and organizations of such urban single-family house have been driven toward extreme versions of efficiency by an ever-increasing metropolitan density. To designer, the main concept of this building is to get both miniaturized and multi-functional, and even the most modest condition of outdoor space is captured as a commodity of light, air and view. At its best the result is creative solutions driven by extreme constraint, at its worst the production of almost inhumane living conditions.
The house has three main levels: carport, utility and garden on the ground, primary living spaces on the second level, and children’s bedrooms on the third. Those three levels are organized in the rear half of the site as a tall bar building, liberating the front half of the site as a privacy to provide unfettered solar access, a useful outdoor terrace that effectively doubles the living space, and a garden. The outdoor space is made private by a large, two-story enclosure around its perimeter that is open to the sky.
Of course all rooms of the house are oriented to look into the private terrace and garden, avoiding an awkward proximity with their neighbors. A single, large rectangular cutout in the street façade brings south light into the terrace and living areas beyond, while the adjacent garden is more enclosed,and shaded.
The house is strategically designed for passive solar control, employing the screen wall to shade the garden and adjacent bedrooms, and by incorporating a steel brise soleil to cool south facing glazing. Operable skylights let the natural ventilation of summer heat, while the low winter sun is brought into the house for passive heating. Other materials used are such insulated metal panels, a reflective white roof, and instantaneous water heater. So it is no wonder why this project often so called as the futuristic concept.
The living areas on the second and third floors at the rear of the site the sectional qualities of the house could provide a privacy from the street while maintaining southern exposure. Employing a building organization that relies on a densely packed and efficient volume to liberate the remainder of the site, the Y-house can responds to the conditions of urban density in order to liberate the pleasures of living.
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