Doma House is a modern single-family house located in Kanagawa, Japan, designed in 2021 by KiKi ARCHi.

Description
?DOMA? is a space form in traditional Japanese architecture. It is usually connected to the outdoor part of the house and is lower than the rest of the interior space. In the past, ?DOMA? can be used to place agricultural tools, and even used as a small workplace by the craftsmen. In modern residential buildings, ?DOMA? has been changed to an entry porch. The new residential project in Kamakura designed by KiKi ARCHi and TAKiBI explores and extends the form of ?DOMA? in the contemporary house through a specific design language, and expresses its relationship to nature, city, and living.
Life is always changed by some simple and complex factors, even for the owner of this house. With deep thinking during the period of the epidemic, he decided to move away from the metropolis with his family, to live like a “child” again. Then, Kamakura, just an hour’s drive from Tokyo, with its stunning coastline, history, and longing for pleasure and freedom, became their destination. And this new chapter of life will be carried by a lovely place — DOMA House. The house is located in a quiet alley close to the sea, between two streets with a height difference. While surveying the site, the sea breeze from the south inspired architects to create an ?interacting house? that could interact with the streets, neighborhood and nat...