高の原の家 House in Takanohara

奈良県の郊外、住宅地に建つ住宅。
　コンクリートの門をくぐると、お皿に載った建物が見える。どこか、スケール感覚が崩れたお皿にキューブのチョコレートが載っている感じ。
　まず。円形の階段を上がり、「お皿」に載る。そこから桜の庭を眺めながら玄関入口へと入る。
入ると１階はＬＤＫ。壁は外壁と同じ色が続く。居間や畳の小上がりからお皿の縁越しに庭を眺める。建物の隅が三角形に吹き抜け、トップライトから光が入り込む。天井は、２階が４５°平面的に回転した四角形が入れ子状になっている形が感じられる。
　２階の部屋には外壁に窓は無くトップライトで採光を取る。部屋の壁の窓を開けると、１階の吹き抜けと繋がる。

This house is located in a quiet residential neighborhood. There was originally an old house that was going to be destroyed to make a new one. The client wanted this house as a second home, where they display things they have collected and spend the weekend relaxing. We proposed to design the house as a part of an exhibition. Inside the concrete gate, there is a house that looks like a cube of chocolate sitting on a plate, which confuses your sense of scale. You take the circular stairs to get on top of the plate, enjoying the garden with a cherry blossom tree, to enter the house. There is a collection of paintings in the living room, and you can also look out through the window from the raised tatami floor, which gives you a feeling that you are sitting on top of the plate.