Miyazaki House

Miyazaki House
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Miyazaki House

Suzuko Yamada Architects

MANUFACTURERS
Lixil, Toto

GENERAL CONTRACTORS
Buildlab

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Suzuko Yamada, Kokoro Suzuki

ENGINEERING
Tectonica Inc., Tectonica Inc., Yoshinori Suzuki, Hinako Igarashi

COLLABORATORS
Mitsuhiro Kanada, Tokyo University Of The Arts

BUILDERS
Mitsuhiko Nihori, Buildlab

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rumi Ando

AREA
103 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Japan

CATEGORY
Houses

Miyazaki House
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Miyazaki House
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A park with abundant greenery stretches on a hill facing south overlooking the city. The house for a family of four stands on a triangular site cropped off at the edge of the park.

Miyazaki House
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Miyazaki House
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The main volume is a one-story building with limited height, which allows for the park ground to continue onto the roof of the house as a garden.

In the large studio, furniture, and household items like chairs, desks, shelves, and curtains, along with fixtures like stairs, columns, partitions, doors, and walls, all stand in their designated spots independently from each other.

Miyazaki House
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Miyazaki House
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Benches, lampposts, tall trees, and shrubs scattered throughout the park are also visible through the windows.

The seemingly random arrangement of the pillars aligns with the four corners of the children’s room, which will be built on the rooftop in the future.

Miyazaki House
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Miyazaki House
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Two of the three staircases lead up to the children’s future hut, which now serves as a little hideout under the roof window.

Each piece of furniture and household item has its individuality. Rather than “existing,” one might say that they are “being.”

Likewise, each pillar and staircase have its color and shape, as if it has a will of its own.

Miyazaki House
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Miyazaki House
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Miyazaki House
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Instead of laying out a framework that determines the lifestyle, we create architecture as a collection of landmarks that serve as a base for the residents’ lives.

The colors and shapes that stand out from each other are blended through daily life. Each family member lives with the help of the scattered landmarks, linking them together.

As one walks, stops, and leans against them, a wave of colors and shapes arises, and their respective home emerges.

Miyazaki House
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Miyazaki House
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Miyazaki House
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Miyazaki House
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