Concrete Square Tube House, Kyoto City Villa, Japanese Architecture Project, Japanese Interior Photos
Concrete Square Tube House in Kyoto
Modern Real Estate and Pool Development in Japan – design by Eastern Design Office
18 Nov 2019
Concrete Square Tube House
Architect: Eastern Design Office
Location: Kyoto, Japan

The Concrete Square Tube House is located in a residential area in Kyoto City, Japan. It is not a historical district, rather modern houses, old wooden houses and middle size apartment houses are lined up side by side. A 500 meter-high mountain range opens to the north and west side, and cityscape to the south and east side. Therefore the property has a nice view from the 3rd floor.

This architecture is designed with concrete square tubes piled up in two lines up to four steps. The section of many square tube is the start of this design.
As a method these tubes can technically be piled up limitless both horizontally and vertically. In this case the building is a single-family house, so they are piled up in 4 steps and in 2 lines to match the appropriate housing size. We perused a simple design method. The size of the square tubes is suitable to provide inner spatial comfort.

The 1st floor is an entrance area, a space that runs through from the entrance door to the backyard garden. A symbol tree of this house, the maple tree is planted at the centerline of this square tube.

On the 2nd floor both a lined tubes contain bedrooms. Three bedrooms and one w...