Taking advantage of the
double height is the desire of many and architects there are several ways to do this. Japanese architect Kohei Yukawa used all his creativity to include
a tree in the center of the living room in his home. Named
Margin House , the house is located in a suburb of
Osaka and has a facade with access to a street, while the rear is on agricultural land. The name was chosen precisely to describe this aspect, as a "margin" that connects the building to the city, the sky and the countryside.
“We sought to create a house where the environment - light, wind, vegetation, colors and activities - corresponds to the living space, providing a margin that circulates between the private road, the field and the interior of the house”, said Yukawa.
Wooden decoration
To compose the environment, the
architect invested in a clean space with contrasting wood throughout . This mix of textures brings the duality of the project inside. While white coverings are more contemporary, wood brings the aspect of nature in a way that
harmonizes perfectly. A
wooden staircase climbs through the atrium to the first floor, where you can find a
large clerestory window on the side of the house that faces the street, which creates an interesting connection between the outside and the inside.
The higher ceilings on the side facing the field create an
arrangement of volumes that respects the vegetation present.
The movement between the different areas is accentuated by the way the light enters through the large windows and interacts with the carefully chosen palette of materials . The tree in the center increases the feeling of bringing nature into the home, and attracts the attention of whoever enters there.
The two-story space is based on the "doma" , a very common room model in traditional Japanese homes. These areas of compacted earth form a boundary between inside and outside and were used for activities including cooking or even working . "Unexpectedly, during Covid-19, we are able to respond to changes in lifestyle by using the internal doma to demonstrate the great effect of having an edge in the home," said the architect. The doma occupies
most of the ground floor , and for this reason, the social areas are on the upper floor. The kitchen and dining area are situated to one side of the central staircase, with a lounge at the other end. For the first floor, the architect also invested in a traditional Japanese tatami room that can be separated from the rest of the space using sliding
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