Floating House - Tezuka Architects

A very delicate work by Tezuka Architects.
The house is located at the bottom of a hill. The floating roof allows the slope to continue through the internal space.

Principal use: Residence

Building site: Okayama, Japan

Site area: 1035.92m2

Building area: 288.64m2

Total floor area: 342.70m2

Number of stories: 1F

Structure: Reinforced Concret + Steel Architects: Tezuka Architects - Takaharu+Yui Tezuka, Masahiro Ikeda, Chie Nabeshima, Hiroshi Tomikawa

Architectural and Structural desing: Tezuka Architects + MASAHIRO IKEDA co., ltd

Lighting design: Masahide Kakudate (Masahide Kakudate Lighting Architect & Associates, Inc.)

Construction: Kajima Corporation, Hiroshima

Design period: 2004.4-2004.12

Construction period: 2005.1-2005.8

Photography: Katsuhisa Kida / FOTOTECA