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House In Tsudanuma

HOUSE IN TSUDANUMA

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House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse

ARCHITECTS
Fuse-atelier

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Shigeru Fuse

MAIN CONTRACTOR
Three F

STRUCTURE
Reinforced Concrete

DESIGN TEAM
Fuse-atelier, Fuse-studio

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Ysutaka Konishi

PHOTOGRAPHS
Shigeru Fuse

AREA
63 m²

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Narashino, Japan

CATEGORY
Houses Interiors

House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse

The house is for a married couple in their forties, located in the city of Narashino.

It is situated on the edge of a residential neighborhood and a commercial district that stretches form the station, with large-scale stores nearby.

House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse
House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse

The house faces an eight meter wide street classified as an urban roadway, with busy traffic due to its proximity to the train station.

The client wished for a concrete house, where all spaces are stringed together in sequence, while also maintaining the privacy and freedom of a spacious living space.

House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse
House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse

Since four meters of the adjacent road is specified as part of urban zoning, we built the structure in the back part of the site.

The resulting open space in the front of the structure functions as a buffer between the street and the house.

House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse
House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse

Concerned with the privacy and noise from the outside, we incorporated an outdoors space into the structure.

Upper parts of the building structure had to be set back due to various legal limitations. As a result, the exterior of the structure was tapered from the second to third floors.

House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse
House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse

The various spaces of this house are interconnected by producing as many lines of sight and flow as possible.

The vertically inserted outdoors space with a passage that leads from the second floor terrace to the rooftop effectively breaks up the interior space.

House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse
House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse

Combined with the flow planning of the interior, this also amplifies the building’s overall ease of navigation.

In addition to the flow planning on the exterior and interior, we layered a network of sight lines to inspire diverse spatial relationships.

House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse
House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse

An accumulation of associated parts create gaps both horizontally and vertically, leading the eye through surprising escapes that result in a complex layer of various sequences.

By fully embracing the minimalist details of concrete, glass, metal and rock, the space is intensified with distinct sharpness, where the skeletons of the spatial structure becomes visibly apparent.

House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse
House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse

The house becomes a dynamically linked, three-dimensional chain of spaces that inspires various scenarios and distances.


House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse
House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse
House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse
House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse


House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse
House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse
House In Tsudanuma
© Shigeru Fuse


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