Japanese studio Unemori Architects has used cypress wooden to create Father & Son Home, an extension constructed above and round a self-built annexe in Saitama.
The outdated constructing, a two-storey annexe, workshop and warehouse constructed by the carpenter father of the present proprietor, was additionally renovated as a part of the mission.
Unemori Architects transformed the 151-square-metre constructing, which had already been remodelled and enlarged at the very least 4 occasions, into a house for the son and his household.
This enabled the proprietor to stay near his mom, who lives in the principle home on the plot.
Unemori Architects had initially deliberate to combine the extension with the prevailing construction, however this wasn’t potential because of the approach it had been self-built.
As a substitute, the studio “deliberate a brand new impartial construction exterior the prevailing construction,” Unemori Architects workforce member Keita Komori informed Dezeen.
The studio used cypress to clad the extension, which contains a wood roof and exterior partitions that cowl the outdated wood-and-steel constructing.
Unemori Architects intentionally selected the wooden because it matches the prevailing construction.
“This plywood has a transparent grain however few knots and is clear, mixing in with the prevailing wooden,” Komori stated.
“We deliberate it in order that many woods, outdated and new, are straight seen. We aimed to create a home the place the outdated and the brand new complement one another with out battle.”
The extension added 25 sq. metres to the house, creating a bigger bed room on the second flooring alongside one other bed room, a workspace and cupboard space.
“Whereas the brand new building is structurally impartial, a slight pressure (reminiscent of vertical pressure) can be transferred to the prevailing half, and a small house like a niche is created between the prevailing and the brand new building,” the studio defined.
The beams and rafters of the outdated home have been saved contained in the extension, creating an inside the place the skeleton of the previous exterior stays seen. Massive home windows let the sunshine in.
On the bottom flooring, which has the identical footprint as earlier than, Father & Son Home has residing and eating areas in addition to cupboard space.
The studio additionally coated an current 38-square-metre terrace to create an indoor-outdoor house that can be utilized as an additional room.
Earlier initiatives by Unemori Architects embrace a “park-like” well being and childcare centre and a blocky home on a “tiny plot” in Tokyo.
The images is by Atelier Vincent Hecht.
Mission credit:
Structure and furnishings: Unemori Architects
Structural engineers: HSC
Common constructor: Siguma building agency
Furnishings contractor: Stille
