千葉県佐倉市に建つ住宅の改修。天井の低い玄関、天井の高いリビング、横に大きく広がる縁側の窓。1,800mm~5,000mmまでさまざまなスケールの天井で、住宅でありながら住宅の枠を飛び越えた場所をつくった。
この住宅ではどの部屋も異なり、それでいてどの部屋にも繋がっているような不思議な体験が得られる。それは、厳選した素材とテキスタイルや照明がそれぞれの場所を繋げつつ、それぞれに独立したスケール感をもたせているためである。また、今まで住んでいた場所だからこそ、それまでの記憶を残すように障子を残し、最低限の補修に留めた部分を点在させた。そうすることで、日々の生活の中で本人も忘れていた記憶の足跡を発見する喜びが生まれていく。
記憶と素材を等価とすることで生まれる、改修でないとできない空間がここにはある。(徳田直之)
Renovation of Japanese houses connected by various ceiling heights
This project consisted of the renovation of an old Japanese house in Sakura city, Chiba prefecture, Japan. The very low genkan (entrance porch) leads into a double-height living room flanked by wide engawa (side porches) protected by wide glazed openings. With ceiling heights that range from 1.8m to 5m, we wanted to create a variety of interior scales and a place beyond the framework of the ‘housing’ architectural genre.
One of the main concerns was to ensure that, while every room is distinct, the spatial experience is that of a continuous whole. This is mainly pursued through the careful use of materials, textiles, and lighting fixtures, whereby every room can share a common identity despite the differences in scale.
Since this is the place where the client grew up, we wanted to preserve some of her personal experience within the space and materials themselves. Therefore, we left the original shoji (Japanese paper-covered sliding door) in place and also kept several small elements of the house in their original condition, with the only minimum repair. We like to think of these forgotten memories as ‘footprints,’ waiting to be re-discovered in architecture and enrich the life of the people living there.
A renovation project like this is a rare opportunity and a unique chance to treat memory and material equally as design components. (Naoyuki Tokuda)
【佐倉の住宅】
所在地:千葉県佐倉市
用途:戸建住宅
クライアント:個人
竣工:2018年
設計:tokudaction
担当:徳田直之
カーテン製作:Nuu
施工:稲垣泰ゴロー
撮影:小松正樹
工事種別:リノベーション
構造:木造
規模:地上2階
敷地面積:1048.00m²
建築面積:142.00m²
延床面積:178.00m²
設計期間:2018.06-2018.07
施工期間:2018.07-2018.09
【House in Sakura】
Location: Sakura-shi, Chiba, Japan
Principal use: Residential
Client: Individual
Completion: 2018
Architects: tokudaction
Design team: Naoyuki Tokuda
Curtain: Nuu
Contractor: YASUGORO INAGAKI
Photographs: Masaki Komatsu
Construction type: Renovation
Main structure: Wood
Building scale: 2 stories
Site area: 1048.00m²
Building area: 142.00m²
Total floor area: 178.00m²
Design term: 2018.06-2018.07
Construction term: 2018.07-2018.09