Villa 1 - Powerhouse Company

<strong>One<br /></strong>Villa 1 was the first villa commissioned to Powerhouse Company since its founding in May 2005. In order to mark the site a golden “1″ was nailed to a pine tree at the end of a dirt road.<br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1py2WxW3h9p-05Wg2bMmYkl8L96kXZCt-jwaCE5VObelkK5X_9_f7OXDOiQECDky_AKXy1iU2aSBuvsMzMGCiC9A/ferari-2-klein.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1py2WxW3h9p-05Wg2bMmYkl8L96kXZCt-jwaCE5VObelkK5X_9_f7OXDOiQECDky_AKXy1iU2aSBuvsMzMGCiC9A/ferari-2-klein.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>Upside-down<br /></strong><br />The forest, like most of the Dutch landscape, is manmade. Mostly Douglas Pines were planted there in the 1950s for the production of straight stems that could then be used as beams. The trees became mature enough to be harvested in the 1970s, paradoxically just when it became immoral to cut trees. The landscape thus turned from industrial to being natural.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOv_afKEncF_u5McdSp_AXwwPlY9WMrIbmzutdH2h9zeE9_1v5zA9Lrsi2JOgiQwH0LJzit53QbGjQIIr9Zxcjw/main-overvieuw-domus.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOv_afKEncF_u5McdSp_AXwwPlY9WMrIbmzutdH2h9zeE9_1v5zA9Lrsi2JOgiQwH0LJzit53QbGjQIIr9Zxcjw/main-overvieuw-domus.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />Now the site falls under the local “building-in-nature” regulations, which include a number of restrictions, among which height limitations for the gutter lines and volumetric restrictions for what could be build above ground. Since the spatial needs of the house called for at least twice the volume allowed by the regulations, we designed it upside-down: all day functions above ground and all bedrooms below, but with ample daylight access. </div><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pirK_VxVfWaMd-UmEQbAEe-KD86I4EPVKjRoF3FARS_fILleFdJbkpWQOOnv_DqzHXpkYyYCdMbnxCOHD9ir2FA/ochtend-klein.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pirK_VxVfWaMd-UmEQbAEe-KD86I4EPVKjRoF3FARS_fILleFdJbkpWQOOnv_DqzHXpkYyYCdMbnxCOHD9ir2FA/ochtend-klein.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>Why Y</strong> </div><div align="left"><br />The site has a slight incline. It offers beautiful views on the forest and great sun exposure that we wanted to fully take advantage of. We thus came up with the distinctive Y-shape of the house: every wing is optimally oriented on the terrain and to the sun. There are three wings: one wing for work, studying and music making (North-West exposure); one for cooking and eating (East-South-West exposure); and one for living and painting (South and North exposure). In the basement, the Y-shape creates a similar functional clarity: one wing is for the master bedroom, one for cars and one for storage and guestrooms. A patio provides light for the guestrooms.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJOsEMdRFae5rEKfjueO9FhWcFdG2kDBng9ZPETpBB9o2KfeEMP9pTzKn_P18Ztp8Ypis_VSzVOepT7HGGHZ5xg/reflectie-doos-klein.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJOsEMdRFae5rEKfjueO9FhWcFdG2kDBng9ZPETpBB9o2KfeEMP9pTzKn_P18Ztp8Ypis_VSzVOepT7HGGHZ5xg/reflectie-doos-klein.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />A singular frame envelopes the house, thus allowing for maximum transparency. The central area where all wings meet is the heart of the house. It is a large space that serves as entrance hall, dining room, bar and music-room. The Y plan stretches the house into the site and provides large panoramic views on the surrounding scenery. On the South and East sides, two large covered decks create sun shading in the summer and smooth the transition from outside to inside. In the basement the Y plan creates a clear division between the private quarters for the guests (with private entry through the patio), the garage and the master bedroom.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMA6ov6G7RcQrK9qfV2MblS6Flg3BMrWPMFUrXMiJ-l3uKfoD15EUu7kh4Jbsj82AtHLyCtuZOW6pfCtmXVGg1w/spiegeldoos-klein.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMA6ov6G7RcQrK9qfV2MblS6Flg3BMrWPMFUrXMiJ-l3uKfoD15EUu7kh4Jbsj82AtHLyCtuZOW6pfCtmXVGg1w/spiegeldoos-klein.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pRDF6vn1MCU_oQ8vByekN3XhVE6unsC57qPpYIOQXgrqF-fbaiY6xFrUqkXWhdq5Op7I2n_D6sakbHyDYLkTgTg/spiegeldriehoek-1-klein.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pRDF6vn1MCU_oQ8vByekN3XhVE6unsC57qPpYIOQXgrqF-fbaiY6xFrUqkXWhdq5Op7I2n_D6sakbHyDYLkTgTg/spiegeldriehoek-1-klein.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>To each according to his needs<br /></strong><br />Every room on the ground floor can enjoy open views onto the landscape thanks to the wide transparent facade contained within the frame. Each wing is spatially organized in a sort of centrifugal manner. All mass is concentrated in a central core: a piece of furniture that contains all services and structural elements and that simultaneously creates different rooms within the entirely glazed space.<br />These large pieces of furniture allow for a free flowing distribution of functions without creating closed off rooms. It is thus possible to enjoy a pleasant stroll longer than 150 m through a variety of rooms immersed in the landscape. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pF6h5XWBZhTyzDY1ik83XvS7VuCbUBYSnUYo0dwtVEzthy9f4RNoh4HAKOwawODnMR9upsN_snDA_4BYpIBmXNw/van-voren-klein.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pF6h5XWBZhTyzDY1ik83XvS7VuCbUBYSnUYo0dwtVEzthy9f4RNoh4HAKOwawODnMR9upsN_snDA_4BYpIBmXNw/van-voren-klein.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p3G5t4ijWhDYa9oX4E36dHirMv3FOvQCnZZd0nh5tvuqgc0VL3tkqDffPhkNhX6YMgzZd3hmklgIW9xwwj7qavg/duo-penotie-klein.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p3G5t4ijWhDYa9oX4E36dHirMv3FOvQCnZZd0nh5tvuqgc0VL3tkqDffPhkNhX6YMgzZd3hmklgIW9xwwj7qavg/duo-penotie-klein.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><div align="left"><br />Counteracting the extreme openness of the ground floor, the basement level shelters the most intimate rooms of the house and takes on opposite spatial qualities, emphasized by the brutal and protective feeling of mass. Here, the scarcity of daylight is complemented by a richness in spatial effects. The rooms are carved out in the mass, creating vaulted ceilings and thick walls as a paradoxical result of the lightness of the vertical structure above ground. In the basement the heavy architecture retrieves the primordial qualities of Roman architecture.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p332thE-gzF-JyZPBWj9lLmvVZapYL8Xqpvv_Cq5Oh5mqEjHlx2z1YGJQaNLK34uKELEhAV5V0zyUrPtCDVlZ6A/ferari-garage-klein.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p332thE-gzF-JyZPBWj9lLmvVZapYL8Xqpvv_Cq5Oh5mqEjHlx2z1YGJQaNLK34uKELEhAV5V0zyUrPtCDVlZ6A/ferari-garage-klein.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pg6TUB1iQhm220BcftuEseQi50dUBcaFjXsZxHcPZRF_9Rh0PYfHvpOv1_vJlKGdxSmLUTCP5mGlt6m80RPdZxA/hout-blok-klein.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pg6TUB1iQhm220BcftuEseQi50dUBcaFjXsZxHcPZRF_9Rh0PYfHvpOv1_vJlKGdxSmLUTCP5mGlt6m80RPdZxA/hout-blok-klein.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>Three<br /></strong>The three furniture pieces on the ground floor are distinctively different in their design, materials, feel and smell. We used wood to the North, slate to the East and concrete to the South.<br />In the North wing an American nut-wood furniture piece ‘swallows’ a staircase, cupboards, a bed and a small bathroom. The curves of its outer shape create the entrance, a small and a large study and an acoustically sound piano-room.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pXvSQvl-tg9ILZn5JntygRWZRqy92NRCjXo2fgPj6lPdBLlTNQAVhCyOJgp8qRTnwqxr7_v7HmuQCZ_Iz6p22fg/kelder-1-in-bewerking-klein.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pXvSQvl-tg9ILZn5JntygRWZRqy92NRCjXo2fgPj6lPdBLlTNQAVhCyOJgp8qRTnwqxr7_v7HmuQCZ_Iz6p22fg/kelder-1-in-bewerking-klein.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p28vpYQjzsbPpYVgl-p-6kbHccAVG7d8Aj3khBWhDxUzxpGnFzvMLxoycUxMjJM9U4ar6vZBVYueqVKUxDrL5NQ/leeg-huis-1-klein.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p28vpYQjzsbPpYVgl-p-6kbHccAVG7d8Aj3khBWhDxUzxpGnFzvMLxoycUxMjJM9U4ar6vZBVYueqVKUxDrL5NQ/leeg-huis-1-klein.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The kitchen is the second piece of furniture. It is entirely made of Norwegian slate and incorporates all kitchen appliances and storage, a toilet and a bar. It is as solid as a rock, yet gentle in its use – a sort of primordial sophistication.<br /><br />The third furniture piece consists of two concrete walls that incorporate a fire place, storage and video projector. This element opens up to create a patio bordered by a living room, garden room and atelier. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pKzTI-riohMiu6sEVuhv1CI3IDki8Ws-jXDuOnrMs6Zz8tDWBGv0RZH4nQXFShnzAWU3B_M56e8b-VUUtlhvv4A/nacht-spiegel-klein.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pKzTI-riohMiu6sEVuhv1CI3IDki8Ws-jXDuOnrMs6Zz8tDWBGv0RZH4nQXFShnzAWU3B_M56e8b-VUUtlhvv4A/nacht-spiegel-klein.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><div align="left"><br /><strong>Miessian Gimp</strong><br /><br />The glass facade is suspended between window frames hidden in the ceiling and floor. There is no vertical structure, only silicone joints to hold the glass. The only large opening is a huge green marble sliding wall (a sort of mobilized Mies wall) which opens the intimacy of the living room onto the terrace. Although made of marble, the sliding wall is very light as it is mounted on honeycomb aluminum plates (a Chinese invention called stone-veneer now produced in Texas, USA, with predominantly Middle East stones). The marble sliding wall wraps around a cross-shaped column clad with a black rubber skin: this is what we called the “Miessian Gimp”.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJfcBFifRjpBJNqsKxZ_SiXh6OVvABpNnPpd14H_eiG84D-KdgcdObaxVhRZWkXbPlsOKxsXuvyl3_FPKkgvvSQ/nacht-terras-2-test.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJfcBFifRjpBJNqsKxZ_SiXh6OVvABpNnPpd14H_eiG84D-KdgcdObaxVhRZWkXbPlsOKxsXuvyl3_FPKkgvvSQ/nacht-terras-2-test.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>Technique</strong><br /><br />Structurally the house is a stack of different industrial building techniques. The basement is cast in concrete. The roof, with extreme cantilevers, is a complex steel structure designed by the audacious structural engineer Gilbert van der Lee. The bookshelf in the North wing is made entirely of solid steel plates and functions as a structural Vierendeel frame stabilizing the structure of the roof.</div><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJc5OPblzai5-YP9GQhQj-hriOWBmaJjpsaWKtbwklwuHKZeohf4h2DmwE2beNzu1CYwlyJEEAiv6clCQQb2-oA/open-haard-leeg-klein.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJc5OPblzai5-YP9GQhQj-hriOWBmaJjpsaWKtbwklwuHKZeohf4h2DmwE2beNzu1CYwlyJEEAiv6clCQQb2-oA/open-haard-leeg-klein.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><strong>Root </strong><br /><br />As a result of its Y shape and architectural dichotomy, the villa provides a wide array of extreme spatial qualities, going from narrow, dark, vaulted corridors to wide-open, transparent garden rooms. The result is a landscape of different spatial perceptions that goes beyond the mere pragmatic diagram of functionality. This house is the result of an involuntary yet conscious choice to radically change a way of living. It is a house for the new life of a man and his new partner. A house that can provide him with a new place to live in, after losing his beloved one with whom he had lived thirty years in an old farmhouse bought in the seventies and which they had remodeled 8 times to fit their changing needs. This house had to be something radically new for him. It had to offer a new balance to a disturbed life. It had to provide a new anchor point. It is a house designed for a family to be re-rooted.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pnBSWxnguRBYUIZFRootF63PNvRil8hEP9Oq80A84NJNirpHKLWGC0P2OTC5YHSoClyZ7fUvVZLZqwacxwGLh6w/rond-hout-1-klein.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pnBSWxnguRBYUIZFRootF63PNvRil8hEP9Oq80A84NJNirpHKLWGC0P2OTC5YHSoClyZ7fUvVZLZqwacxwGLh6w/rond-hout-1-klein.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left">Architects: Powerhouse Company<br />Location: Netherlands<br />Partner in Charge: Nanne de Ru<br />Project Team: Nanne de Ru, Charles Bessard, Alexander Sverdlov, Nolly Vos, Wouter Hermanns, Anne Luetkenhues, Bjørn Andreassen, Joe Matthiessen<br />Project Team: Nanne de Ru, Charles Bessard, Anne Luetkenhues<br />Project year: 2005 – 2008<br />Structural Engineer: BREED ID, Gilbert van der Lee<br />Contractor: Valleibouw BV Veenendaal<br />Lighting: LS2 and BEDA electro<br />Photographs: Powerhouse Company </div><div align="center"><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pm40ltngIoOSXQHBUPUoLtAYeYlj-ZV1UfrmBStg4ZBhB_oFLpsJo6hGq7mpf72C9oI_E3fHrXXTx3CGe-NYiAQ/concept-diagrams-copy.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pm40ltngIoOSXQHBUPUoLtAYeYlj-ZV1UfrmBStg4ZBhB_oFLpsJo6hGq7mpf72C9oI_E3fHrXXTx3CGe-NYiAQ/concept-diagrams-copy.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pz6qXQHQIyWVGy350SEAgFp26lqyNcJrePm9EsEDqcSMEc5GgBtiSeVGXBM5YbAIwjZFqdCSPaDd7UFvIjj1JRg/simple-diagrammatic-plan-ground-floor.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pz6qXQHQIyWVGy350SEAgFp26lqyNcJrePm9EsEDqcSMEc5GgBtiSeVGXBM5YbAIwjZFqdCSPaDd7UFvIjj1JRg/simple-diagrammatic-plan-ground-floor.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCV3yS76yIMOwIYY_8o1xcG6esg83O-UlP6c4Y8-vWytJ4KcMZN8jPykNNpfVsoPiTBBMY4gdz94VResgjLxI0w/simple-diagrammatic-plans-basement-lores.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCV3yS76yIMOwIYY_8o1xcG6esg83O-UlP6c4Y8-vWytJ4KcMZN8jPykNNpfVsoPiTBBMY4gdz94VResgjLxI0w/simple-diagrammatic-plans-basement-lores.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pPf9hUUo2-s2scSFAiyfWfH8o1HEkZnQ8e8RDVO1SVxGCvaSFnN5u5FexZn2--2mOCF5Zvpp6J_UbfvEJjNA4Kw/site-plan-lorez.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pPf9hUUo2-s2scSFAiyfWfH8o1HEkZnQ8e8RDVO1SVxGCvaSFnN5u5FexZn2--2mOCF5Zvpp6J_UbfvEJjNA4Kw/site-plan-lorez.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCLPz2US2i7RBTmZVRUmsk-kbgUHQzoGF20HbXoedwN0BDghILkqO8kHNaCaRw4Xyc2Tgw6p3WwpxyHMWcTvmiA/villa-1-axonometric-lores.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Villa 1, Powerhouse Company" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCLPz2US2i7RBTmZVRUmsk-kbgUHQzoGF20HbXoedwN0BDghILkqO8kHNaCaRw4Xyc2Tgw6p3WwpxyHMWcTvmiA/villa-1-axonometric-lores.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div>

Villa 1 - Powerhouse Company

One Villa 1 was the first villa commissioned to Powerhouse Company since its founding in May 2005. In order to mark the site a golden “1″ wa...

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Garden and Sea - Takao Shiotsuka Atelier

The site faces the sea and has deep depth. And it inclines toward the sea by the vertical interval like 2M. We arranged the house in the center of the site. The plane shape of the house is wedge to spread towards the sea.<br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pHwQZwiPX6Q_WpjGyApB_bZ8ycH6eJB6_iE2mMvzlf3dWqxbf6UaZHqxZHNjaSlg_R2A7-e46vhLKQYDBZSoIXA/seaside-01.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pHwQZwiPX6Q_WpjGyApB_bZ8ycH6eJB6_iE2mMvzlf3dWqxbf6UaZHqxZHNjaSlg_R2A7-e46vhLKQYDBZSoIXA/seaside-01.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p6XjBZ4Y_mTb4CSob_sJqD3cm-yxANA_Uv0iWjY_lIfPteLjJS6TTUQZOpRImSgtWp_UvS6vVd5PgGwc8Yu-tsA/seaside-02.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p6XjBZ4Y_mTb4CSob_sJqD3cm-yxANA_Uv0iWjY_lIfPteLjJS6TTUQZOpRImSgtWp_UvS6vVd5PgGwc8Yu-tsA/seaside-02.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />We planned the first floor as a place to enjoy a garden. The part facing the garden of the half underground is a glass window. By it, a slope of the ground just appears as form of the openings. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1piESxXUqwtKoNbqfwRLeDh_pTGv9fDchBba9NUr38EZ12Z0SJ38aXdIzkvbEB68slrZKDevDpUhoLIuOjEcCEqw/seaside-03.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1piESxXUqwtKoNbqfwRLeDh_pTGv9fDchBba9NUr38EZ12Z0SJ38aXdIzkvbEB68slrZKDevDpUhoLIuOjEcCEqw/seaside-03.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCtDHBS5kDevm6xpjGw-VNqsHgaVRIVo5bjhOq1_D_NdxGSdXHmB-lk7BxkLxU0Xrr4Ttk9EfRcyALlSzhv8_jg/seaside-05.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCtDHBS5kDevm6xpjGw-VNqsHgaVRIVo5bjhOq1_D_NdxGSdXHmB-lk7BxkLxU0Xrr4Ttk9EfRcyALlSzhv8_jg/seaside-05.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-6VsBc3af4y7vxszeOBcx_ukYvhZjefpXZ_5hbRRfl3tNDuCdSSLvESiKq1HIw8scLq7UV-g8-jKERo516eYJg/seaside-06.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-6VsBc3af4y7vxszeOBcx_ukYvhZjefpXZ_5hbRRfl3tNDuCdSSLvESiKq1HIw8scLq7UV-g8-jKERo516eYJg/seaside-06.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pfWvJo08lnUku-paWhTjz1IBSKNqIldmyB_IPV8bq5fuBO2d5XXEVrV60nGqQ73yQ3TJMzkiMVURyA2hVpDrKsQ/seaside-04.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pfWvJo08lnUku-paWhTjz1IBSKNqIldmyB_IPV8bq5fuBO2d5XXEVrV60nGqQ73yQ3TJMzkiMVURyA2hVpDrKsQ/seaside-04.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The exterior floor covered with the white gravel. Since it is surrounded by the outside wall, outside can also be felt like the interior of a room. By place to stay and movement at that time, relations with a person and the ground surface change.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pI8QHjyHxcM7t-Wds8gE-k2E3Kg7Ld6KR9cXlItUXDWPBU3NlXW2NYQxTNrsp0OGvoCjFQOtRm1ZLuNijek__pg/seaside-07.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pI8QHjyHxcM7t-Wds8gE-k2E3Kg7Ld6KR9cXlItUXDWPBU3NlXW2NYQxTNrsp0OGvoCjFQOtRm1ZLuNijek__pg/seaside-07.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMyAreGil4gREMC1Q2vU11UqYHJ7j71D9N7cofKhjfXSbs74vaPRA6SWrrpl_5JsK0YzOGTijzBlhXURryHcw4g/seaside-09.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMyAreGil4gREMC1Q2vU11UqYHJ7j71D9N7cofKhjfXSbs74vaPRA6SWrrpl_5JsK0YzOGTijzBlhXURryHcw4g/seaside-09.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1psmYBuVFC0lrjRBW-CvxsdUPpDCge-mZZm2s0mpu2qoCuwfAlLedbxSsmAUR0wVZrWl4BarcQRnX548bW56j5Mg/seaside-10.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1psmYBuVFC0lrjRBW-CvxsdUPpDCge-mZZm2s0mpu2qoCuwfAlLedbxSsmAUR0wVZrWl4BarcQRnX548bW56j5Mg/seaside-10.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-ZTjW5YOomjHacJg1ODWomJE6Bk8mXGDMJn3a9HRfBi53jcdQP9fCTFWVIVnUKnCWv4O6KW1H9ebu4DMCgdZEg/seaside-11.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-ZTjW5YOomjHacJg1ODWomJE6Bk8mXGDMJn3a9HRfBi53jcdQP9fCTFWVIVnUKnCWv4O6KW1H9ebu4DMCgdZEg/seaside-11.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The second floor enabled it to set up a sense of distance with the sea variously in the inside of a building. The both ends of cylindrical space long in the direction of marine are glass windows.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pesMEvxfUcC86XVXL3b_ECwQdImomF6WW7IslGbgJpeA8iGbqlIhHNocKZEdnREVYNd8gaKRvSBXtib8M4oji4w/seaside-12.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pesMEvxfUcC86XVXL3b_ECwQdImomF6WW7IslGbgJpeA8iGbqlIhHNocKZEdnREVYNd8gaKRvSBXtib8M4oji4w/seaside-12.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1poX2QDJMg_TTTPmBP6MENMphFxks3HSF22Of6zb23HwJy_uBhCeMTrAFjEONedYOOZOWS9XRI-7KtCXBR8Zj-HA/seaside-13.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1poX2QDJMg_TTTPmBP6MENMphFxks3HSF22Of6zb23HwJy_uBhCeMTrAFjEONedYOOZOWS9XRI-7KtCXBR8Zj-HA/seaside-13.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1prW7gWp6ydbSGNUJem1DR3VRWNX7bX1VwtB4VtnAeXgUI5yI6slKZwuGglX0njYyRuLJsLEZGB3I32opSlehzpQ/seaside-14.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1prW7gWp6ydbSGNUJem1DR3VRWNX7bX1VwtB4VtnAeXgUI5yI6slKZwuGglX0njYyRuLJsLEZGB3I32opSlehzpQ/seaside-14.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJYS0_vkRmeibylQY-XNb6VNB8cm_xsuzdgTGxegS176a3IhR0YzSkNoV2P-FDYTFk0PaZyy1icjL-F2ZBT4w8Q/seaside-15.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJYS0_vkRmeibylQY-XNb6VNB8cm_xsuzdgTGxegS176a3IhR0YzSkNoV2P-FDYTFk0PaZyy1icjL-F2ZBT4w8Q/seaside-15.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />An indoor partition wall is also glass. We can look at sea side and the location of the other side at the same time from the room. Even if the sojourner is in any place, he can see or feel the sea.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1paXFEBi2s7DJYmQ_2gt9JkzLsanEXVM0IGiHDNr1MVTVFqHVVyCPnOwipIYz9U37xbGR_CgluxXLYv8YJHBLvuA/seaside-16.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1paXFEBi2s7DJYmQ_2gt9JkzLsanEXVM0IGiHDNr1MVTVFqHVVyCPnOwipIYz9U37xbGR_CgluxXLYv8YJHBLvuA/seaside-16.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdE1G4ymkqyo6cY1xGhQbPEXt-ILkxUNJYyyGM2ly4u4ZEXXf23-Ist4SUy7GIry7ID8Vh3eJNGMWFPKrVyIyxA/seaside-17.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdE1G4ymkqyo6cY1xGhQbPEXt-ILkxUNJYyyGM2ly4u4ZEXXf23-Ist4SUy7GIry7ID8Vh3eJNGMWFPKrVyIyxA/seaside-17.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1peofGPe7Ti1Bim9Eh2FWPT_SPnqmftnQoGxRLl36zZ6jhx3ru3g4Lt3bgeZs2TzKMoqKP06X5x7w4EsnTi6AgkQ/seaside-18.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1peofGPe7Ti1Bim9Eh2FWPT_SPnqmftnQoGxRLl36zZ6jhx3ru3g4Lt3bgeZs2TzKMoqKP06X5x7w4EsnTi6AgkQ/seaside-18.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1prKiUgcf3TLRKs5YRfaRKZBYT1aazT-0eQjCexdHqaNOq2Z5bVnAVBwAAx_x212-UkdVMmChnxxWum0yxVFGuqA/seaside-19.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1prKiUgcf3TLRKs5YRfaRKZBYT1aazT-0eQjCexdHqaNOq2Z5bVnAVBwAAx_x212-UkdVMmChnxxWum0yxVFGuqA/seaside-19.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The first floor that enjoys the yard, the second floor that enjoys the sea, and 2 space were divided clearly. Owner enabled it to spend the time of non-every day by going back and forth mutual space with the different feature appropriate for the cottage. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdEDqndj8wV1SZjat8z2JTYfFoc9swWWBbBqqWMX9Dsfpr42GkRIOWdNOLCWtrRfXozT6eg7MFJTjOsUX10cqZw/seaside-21.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdEDqndj8wV1SZjat8z2JTYfFoc9swWWBbBqqWMX9Dsfpr42GkRIOWdNOLCWtrRfXozT6eg7MFJTjOsUX10cqZw/seaside-21.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pB_V_q4cM0mn_Mm4v_xRU_bv4i2h2b9WxudUKEx8caNVP52dRuUCNGuD0Cv9PG2k0B_E4CKcdz-aM29Eq06CAAw/seaside-22.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Garden and Sea, Takao Shiotsuka Atelier" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pB_V_q4cM0mn_Mm4v_xRU_bv4i2h2b9WxudUKEx8caNVP52dRuUCNGuD0Cv9PG2k0B_E4CKcdz-aM29Eq06CAAw/seaside-22.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; 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Garden and Sea - Takao Shiotsuka Atelier

The site faces the sea and has deep depth. And it inclines toward the sea by the vertical interval like 2M. We arranged the house in the cen...

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