Ohokayama House

The flagpole site is surrounded on all sides by retaining walls and houses. The “front garden”, which is the front garden of the pole, the “back garden”, which is an embankment to complement the retaining wall, and the “south garden”, which is designed to bring sunlight into the interior from the south, were left as these three gardens, and a tubular volume with a gable roof was conceived, with a zigzag shape to the building's plan form. The width of the zigzag varies from place to place, giving the proportions of the house shape and the atmosphere of the space. The first-floor living room, which is cool in summer, and the second-floor living room, which is warm in winter, are connected via a stairwell and can be used according to the occasion. The front garden is a buffer zone that ensures privacy as you move backwards, and because of the curvature of the building, the interior living spaces cannot be seen from the front garden, but can be seen through to the back garden, which is open to the town and will be enriched by the growth of the trees in the garden in the future. The trees in the garden will grow and enrich the town in the future.