Periscope House / Kuno + Aida

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Zushi, Japan
  • Architects: Kuno + Aida
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  114
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Tatsuya Noaki

Text description provided by the architects. A single-family residence located in a typical residential area, where two-story wooden houses are densely built. In order to obtain fine living environment while giving a minimum impact on the surroundings, we proposed a plan in which three volumes of the bedroom with the opening turned for the south are pulling out from the roof level as if they were a set of periscopes.

Periscope House / Kuno + Aida - Windows, Facade
© Tatsuya Noaki

In this way, the house not only acquires a great deal of sunlight and good views within a dense urban milieu, but also a generous common space that connects the first and the second floor together.

Periscope House / Kuno + Aida - Table, Countertop, Kitchen, Lighting, Sink, Beam
© Tatsuya Noaki

Each interior space is gently articulated by the different floor level, allowing various and creative spatial usages.


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Cite: "Periscope House / Kuno + Aida" 11 Jul 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/252646/periscope-house-kuno-aida> ISSN 0719-8884

© Tatsuya Noaki

潜望镜住宅 / Kuno + Aida

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