I House located in Izu-kogen, Japan, is a modern retreat designed in 2020 by Florian Busch Architects.

Description
Where too much intention often leads to unnecessary replicas of the everyday life we try to escape from, the brief for this project was, like the site, encouragingly modest: A small shelter for an urban family to spend their weekends.
## Neighbours
When we went there for the first time, we understood why the brief had not mentioned the views. They were as hidden in reality as they had appeared obvious in the preliminary analysis. And yet, they can and should be defining holiday life here.
The views are obstructed by neighbouring buildings, which are ?with hardly any exception? without adventure. Why is no one interested, even faintly, in an architecture exploring the surroundings" Is it too much effort" It seems too obvious to ignore. Good intentions and superficiality have led to guidelines and rules focussed on Munsell charts and roof angles instead of substance. ## Compromise and Filter
The size of the site is typical of the area: Some 600 m² will give you just enough green to contrast the density of the city you leave behind. But not enough to forget anything around you. It is the typical ?? (?*besso*?) development: Here, any encounter with ‘nature’ means compromise. In fact, one is reminded more of suburbia than of a recluse. While lush vegetation is never far away, so are the neighbouring houses; between them: hidden...