Scorched Cedar House Residence in Hiroshima, Japan

Posted by yellow on May 4, 2010 Dream Home

“Scorched Cedar House” is a family residence located in Hiroshima, Japan. The architect who designed the Tetsuya Nakazono of the design architect. “Scorched Cedar House” stood in the traditional sake brewery old Japanese cedar walls with plaster and charred. Building area of 61.38 sqm and the house consists of three layers of different properties of space. The first layer is a black box, an entrance with a cushion of sand brick-paved floor leading to all rooms. Front room, tatami room and master bedroom, which are partitioned by a sliding door and became quasi-out when opened. The second layer is the empty space with a thin steel beam tilted randomly through space and gable. Only the light that can be taken to the staircase.

The room is open and transparent, accessible from the outside but can not be accessed physically. The first and second layers using steel frame structure as the application of lean material available by concentrating stress. The third layer is a black box to float on top. In the third layer there is the dining room and kitchen. Closed room with a window in the north and south, and the small round windows. The third layer, using a wooden frame construction method which was developed from traditional Japanese methods. Because Japan is a seismic country, large diameter pillars are made tend to resist the force of earthquakes. Framework based on the assumption of great power of resistance against earthquakes.

Scorched Cedar House

Cedar House Stairs covered by FRP

Closed Room Cedar House

Consist of Three Distinct Layers Cedar House

Open and Transparent Room Cedar House

Second Layer Cedar House

Space Using the Stairs Cedar House

Thin Steel Beam Tilted Cedar House