PeacoQ House, Hiroshima Real Estate, Japan, Japanese Building Project, Residential Architecture Images
PeacoQ House in Hiroshima
19 Jan 2023
Architecture: UID Architects
Location: Hiroshima, Japan

Photos: Koji Fujii / TOREAL
PeacoQ House, Japan
The PeacoQ House is for a family of three built on the northern corner lot of a gently-curving, tiered residential land.

The site is in a residential neighborhood and enjoys views of the peaceful landscape over the bank on its eastern side. While its southwestern sides are hemmed in by neighboring?houses, the land opens up in a fanshape towards the street on the northeastern side, giving it a unique character.

In this project, we repeated the curved space starting at the southwestern side as the center point, expanding it from the inside to the outside towards the front road while amplifying the walls in concentric circles.
Furthermore, we used this unique site to revisit the concept of having no boundaries ? to envision the overall perspective by treating the surrounding green areas as part of the project’s outdoor space.

Specifically, we extended the building volume so that it sits as close to the edge as possible within the allowable setback-line regulation. A large, arc-shaped wall stands along the site perimeter, creating a small garden that functions as a buffer between the inside and outside.

We designed the wall as a massive mud-plastered wall with few openings; it floats 700 millimeters above ground, creatin...