The Roof House Tezuka

The roof a single plane which projects beyond the walls of the house appears to float above the main structure of the house.

The roof house tezuka. Projects by tezuka architects include the roof house echigo matsunoyama museum of natural science fuji kindergarten and woods of net. The floating roof allows the slope to continue through the internal space. Tezuka says that his design roof house has illustrated this idea in a real world scenario citing the family s propensity to sit or lie down across all areas of the roof. A house with table chairs kitchen shower and stove on top of the roof.

Each family member has their own skylight with ladder to climb up to the roof. 288 64m2 total floor area. Okayama japan site area. In 1994 he and his wife yui tezuka founded the tokyo based firm tezuka architects.

The proposal came from the clients who used to eat on the roof of their old house. 1f this house boasts chairs a table a kitchen and a shower on its rooftop. In their previous house the family appropriated the roof as an informal outdoor terrace extending their living area. Roof house by tezuka architects the conventional idea of a house being an enclosure of four walls and a roof was challenged by tezuka architects in their roof house project.

Their recent awards include japan institute of architects prize 2009. Total floor area 96 89m constructor isoda publication shinkenchiku jt 0108 va 0202 architecture review 0110 in ex 02 0203 completion 2001. Completed in 2009 in japan. The house is located at the bottom of a hill.

Takaharu tezuka 手塚 貴晴 tezuka takaharu born 23 february 1964 is a japanese architect. 342 70m2 number of stories. Each family member enjoys his own. Floating roof house by tezuka architects a very delicate work by tezuka architects.

Floating roof house by tezuka architects is in okayama japan. We want you to make a roof house for five hundred kindergarten pupils we had been introduced by kashiwa sato a creative director who loves the roof house. When they came to commission a new dwelling from the young partnership of takaharu and yui tezuka the notion of the roof as an external room became the starting point for the design. Made out of wood a prominent characteristic of japanese architecture the roof house.

Tezuka says that his. There are no balustrades in the roof house. Images by katsuhisa kida fototeca.