Hopscotch House in Saitama, Japan
Hopscotch House in Saitama, Contemporary Japanese Home, New Building
Hopscotch House in Saitama
Residential Building Project near Tokyo, Japan – design by Hiramoto Design Studio
24 Aug 2018
Hopscotch House in Saitama
Architects: Hideyuki Hiramoto (Hiramoto Design Studio)
Location: Kita-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Kant? region, Japan
Hopscotch House, Saitama
Photos: Koji Fujii, Nacása&Partners Inc.
‘Division and Connection’
An intriguing house, the stepping in plan & section is delightful.
It is immediately obvious the form ties in with the concept of family connection/divisibility: both a simple and clever property design!
Text from the architect:
Concept:
This family who had lived individually decided to live together under one roof. In this project I tried to design a space that allowed these people who were used to living alone build an agreeable friendship by keeping a moderate distance from each other.
Caring for ease of access, a one-story house was requested. I thought hard about how to bring light and wind into the center of the house.
I divided the building into parts, each with their own function, and placed them in a layout ?1+2+1+2+1? like Hopscotch game. By doing this, I led the house to the following solutions:-
1. Since these divided parts were joined on each shifting position, with this train of spaces I could make some Waists (joining/dividing points) and some Pools (spaces with each function) in the hou...
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