House K with Nuance Rural by Yoshichika Takagi in Sapporo, Japan
March 12th, 2011 - Posted in Home Interior Designs
Japanese architect Yoshichika Takagi has completed a house in Sapporo, Japan, where the interior is divided by a series of wooden structures with pitched roofs. Called House K, the project forms platforms and mezzanines on top of the house-shaped rooms, which are arranged around a central kitchen.
Considering the cold climate in Hokkaido, it didn’t seem to be the most appropriate solution to make a wide open interior space as outdoors, yet, keeping the house shape on the exterior. Given condition of making an open indoor space led directly to the idea of making house-shaped indoor rooms. If these house shapes were scattered, it would give a village-like view. The shape of a house is a code for dividing space indoors and outdoors, and a village is a code that implies outdoors. via
