House In Kitamachi

House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada

House in Kitamachi

YYAA Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Atelier

AREA
0 sqft - 1000 sqft

PHOTOS
Keishiro Yamada (22), YYAA Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Atelier (6)

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Nara, Japan

TYPE
Residential › Private House

This is a project to renovate an old house in Nara City.Various buildings of different ages stand on the site, sharing a corridor and a courtyard.

House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada

The oldest and largest of them is a barn with a large atrium, built to store long logs.

The barn had been little used for many years and had become weathered.

House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada

The client wanted to renovate it into a comfortable living space.

We removed a large amount of mud walls that had detached from the bamboo framework due to continuous leaks, rebuilt the basement, reinforced columns and beams that had been weakened by termite and decay damage, and filled the roof and walls with insulation.

House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada

The atrium, converted into a large living room, leads to a Japanese-style room, bedroom, sanitary room, cat room, and closet.

A steel stair leads to the bedrooms on the second floor, and the perimeter of the atrium is a corridor with structural reinforcement.

House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada


House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada


House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada
House In Kitamachi
© Keishiro Yamada


House In Kitamachi
© YYAA Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Atelier
House In Kitamachi
© YYAA Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Atelier
House In Kitamachi
© YYAA Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Atelier
House In Kitamachi
© YYAA Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Atelier
House In Kitamachi
© YYAA Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Atelier
House In Kitamachi
© YYAA Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Atelier