Light Walls House Japan

The single family house designed by ma style architects in toyokawa city sought to create a uniformly lit space by playing with the way the daylight flows in and the light is directed.

Light walls house japan.

They are used for both interior and exterior walls. Light walls house is a minimalist house in toyokawa aichi prefecture japan designed by ma style architects. Japanese houses didn t use historically use glass resulting in some interesting methods of natural lighting. According to the architects the site is in a shady location and gives an impression of darkness with the houses around intensifying the shadows.

As a result soft and uniformly distributed light is created. Positioned in a shady location between two neighbouring buildings in aichi japan the wooden house couldn t have many windows so ma style architects added skylights around each side of the flat. Designed by the japanese office ma style architects the light walls house is a beautiful and minimal house located in toyokawa japan. A shoji is a sliding panel that is made of translucent paper in a wooden frame.

They help to give japanese houses their character by allowing diffuse light and shadows through. Natural light diffuses into this house in yokohama japan through a grid of arched skylights in the ceiling. The roof beams narrow the sunlight and the slightly angled clapboard interior walls with laminated wood reflect and diffuse the light. We have features japanese designs on this blog before but we never cease to be amazed by the way the simplicity of the style can create a calming space.

Today i d like to explore early prototypes including philip johnson s brick house and the seagram building. Creating walls of light 05 jul 2014. The light walls house designed by ma style architects in toyokawa city stands in a shaded location next to a two storey house on its south side.