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This Concrete House In Osaka Forgoes Traditional Windows For The Sake Of Privacy

Architect
FujiwaraMuro Architects
Place
Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
Year
2018
Type
House

Published by IGNANT

This Concrete House In Osaka Forgoes Traditional Windows For The Sake Of Privacy — photograph 1
All images © Katsuya Taira · Original photograph source · Published project source

House in Toyonaka by FujiwaraMuro Architects in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan. Three closely spaced volumes turn an enclosed urban plot into a sequence of narrow openings and glimpses of sky.

This Concrete House In Osaka Forgoes Traditional Windows For The Sake Of Privacy — photograph 2
All images © Katsuya Taira · Original photograph source · Published project source
This Concrete House In Osaka Forgoes Traditional Windows For The Sake Of Privacy — photograph 3
All images © Katsuya Taira · Original photograph source · Published project source
This Concrete House In Osaka Forgoes Traditional Windows For The Sake Of Privacy — photograph 4
All images © Katsuya Taira · Original photograph source · Published project source
This Concrete House In Osaka Forgoes Traditional Windows For The Sake Of Privacy — photograph 5
All images © Katsuya Taira · Original photograph source · Published project source
This Concrete House In Osaka Forgoes Traditional Windows For The Sake Of Privacy — photograph 6
All images © Katsuya Taira · Original photograph source · Published project source
This Concrete House In Osaka Forgoes Traditional Windows For The Sake Of Privacy — photograph 7
All images © Katsuya Taira · Original photograph source · Published project source
This Concrete House In Osaka Forgoes Traditional Windows For The Sake Of Privacy — photograph 8
All images © Katsuya Taira · Original photograph source · Published project source
This Concrete House In Osaka Forgoes Traditional Windows For The Sake Of Privacy — photograph 9
All images © Katsuya Taira · Original photograph source · Published project source
This Concrete House In Osaka Forgoes Traditional Windows For The Sake Of Privacy — photograph 10
All images © Katsuya Taira · Original photograph source · Published project source
This Concrete House In Osaka Forgoes Traditional Windows For The Sake Of Privacy — photograph 11
All images © Katsuya Taira · Original photograph source · Published project source
This Concrete House In Osaka Forgoes Traditional Windows For The Sake Of Privacy — photograph 12
All images © Katsuya Taira · Original photograph source · Published project source
This Concrete House In Osaka Forgoes Traditional Windows For The Sake Of Privacy — photograph 13
All images © Katsuya Taira · Original photograph source · Published project source

Research notes

Three closely spaced volumes turn an enclosed urban plot into a sequence of narrow openings and glimpses of sky.

Privacy within a dense neighborhood

FujiwaraMuro designed House in Toyonaka for a site surrounded by neighboring homes. Rather than presenting broad windows to the street, the building is divided into three connected boxes. The gaps between them admit air and light while limiting direct views into the rooms.

Read the gaps, not just the walls

Compare the narrow vertical openings with the light arriving from above. The outdoor connection depends on several small interruptions to the enclosure, rather than one panoramic view. Following these openings through the photographs helps explain why the house can feel connected to its surroundings without exposing the whole interior.

What the sources do not establish
  • The project accounts do not establish a complete construction specification or independently measured environmental performance.

Sources & evidence

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