House for small and narrow area: Japanese approach

In addition to advanced technology, Japan is known as one of the countries with the highest real estate prices and the earth. This leads to the fact that having a site in the city, many people prefer to sell it to buy something more in the suburbs. Or, alternatively, cut into the land into plots (by our standards - plots of land) and to pass them to rent a property.

This is the plot - a narrow, wedged between dense urban areas, where the shed and not deliver, got a young couple - the architects of Tokyo Masahiro and Mao Harada. Realizing that even a small house in the existing boundaries do not fit, the husband and wife went to the trick. To make maximum use of the entire land area, house divided into two functional areas, which are detached buildings, connected with one another narrow track.

At the beginning portion tiered set working unit. In this unit on the ground floor have equipped pantry and a workshop in which the wife of an architect is engaged in manufacturing traditional Japanese sculpture.

On the second floor, which can be reached by climbing up a vertical ladder, placed an office owner.

Unit dimensions, resembling sea container - 2h5h6 meters.

In addition, it is the only option that allows you to build a house in the section of the depth. The cottage, with a few larger sizes than hozblok also divided into functional areas.

On the ground floor there is an entrance hall and a bathroom, equipped with all necessary equipment. This bath, washbasin and shower.

To enter the building in the tough Japanese legislation limiting the maximum height of the private cottages, first floor bury in the ground.

Although this is not a full basement, a few tens of centimeters, "rescued" from the overall height of the cottage allowed to equip a normal (by Japanese standards), second floor.

To increase the functionality of the kitchen facilities combined with a lounge.

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Refrigerator, not to catch your eye is closed by a sliding flap.

Furthermore, installed in the kitchen gas-burner panel cleaning and hidden in a recess conditioner indoor unit.

According to the designer, such an approach made it possible to achieve the maximum increase in the free area. Although hidden equipment is not always convenient to use, this is the only way to achieve an acceptable comfort on a limited area.

Also Intersnyh design features of buildings. For example, LVL-boards and beams used to power the carcass structure "cabins" and cottage, and overlaps, are also storage element.

Shelves stretch from floor to ceiling.

Used for walls MDF (fibreboard).

The texture of such panels resembles paper screens, partitions, which are traditionally found in Japanese homes.

On the second floor the Japanese established a huge picture window in the wall, through which you can look at the garden. Such an approach (only with a window smaller) used and on the first floor.

According to Japanese greens, to which you can reach by hand, it allows the inhabitants of the mini-homes in less feel cramped.

Masahiro Harada:

From my own experience I can say that many developers are small houses, as something temporary, insecure and uncomfortable life. My wife and I live in this house for 5 years. Despite the modest size of the cottage, room for two is more than enough. The main thing - to approach the matter with the invention, as well as understand, from what can be discarded in favor of the expansion of space. In addition, the use of wood and an abundance of greenery gives the house a special atmosphere. We like to stick to the ground. Due to this, even while living in the center of the city, we feel the residents of the village, with its ancient traditions and measured way of life.

On FORUMHOUSE describes the experience in a mini-house accommodationarea of ​​about 30 sq. m and how to convert a garage into a comfortable cottage. It is also advised to read the materials, detailing, how to build a foundation for a cheap shed and their own hands to make hozblok. We also recommend watch a video where they show the main stages of the construction of a comfortable mini-homes for year-round use.

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