Project Name: House in Nakagusuku
Architect: Studio Cochi Architects
Located in Japan’s Okinawa island, ‘house in Nakagusuku’ by studio cochi architects is a concrete home developed around a central open courtyard. The residence is surrounded by gardens on the south, west and east that served as a buffer zone with the city.
The central garden is both public and private, connecting the scattered gardens to create a light and wind path throughout the house.
Studio cochi architects has set ‘house in nakagusuku’ in a new residential area created by land readjustment in the central part of the main island of okinawa.
The area is a brighter and more airy place than a typical residential zone due to the many fields and vacant lots around it.
The project reinterprets the traditional structural arrangement of a private okinawan house, which considers the site and the building as one, in this modern area of the island.
A reinterpretation of the traditional okinawan scheme mentioned above, the project incorporates nature in various forms.
The building is set on an almost-square site, and the main living area has been divided into two volumes: a living room in the south and a private room group in the north. Gardens were set up in the south, center, and east and west.
The south and west gardens are arranged as a front yard that serves as a buffer zone with the city, and the east garden is a private garden from the dining room and bathroom, that helps keep a distance from the neighboring house.
Studio cochi architects has developed the central garden as both public and private, connecting the scattered gardens to create a light and wind path throughout the house.
In addition, because it is a residential area, the studio added a semi-external space, like a dirt floor, in the room in contact with the garden, loosely connecting the inside and outside.
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Credit: designboom
