A wooden structure and hand-built joinery are left exposed throughout the interior of this compact house in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, by architecture studio Hitotomori
Hitotomori collaborated with fellow studio Hane-Kenchiku-Koubou on T-intersection Fence House, which provides a home for a family of four on a site in Matsubara flanked by three other properties.
In response to this hemmed-in setting, the architects gave the small two-storey residence a durable metal exterior, but chose to create a warmer aesthetic inside through the use of exposed, unfinished wood.
"The hand-made timber-framed construction and highly detail-oriented carpentry give this building an appearance of true beauty," said Hitotomori founders Tomoko and Yoshiaki Nagasaka.
The building has an area of less than 80-square-metres, with an open-plan ground floor containing all of the living spaces and a more private mezzanine level above.
To give residents a small amount of private outdoor space, the building's perimeter fence is a full-height wall, clad with corrugated metal that acts as a false facade. Behind it, the building's real facade can be opened out up to a small terrace.
"The fence is designed as the facade of the house," said the architects.
"Morning light is filtered through a large square of frosted glass within the fence," they continued.
"Light also passes between the top of the fence and the eaves of the house, and is diffused by the leaves of the trees, creating an effect one would not expect from the dreary surrounding environment."
Inside, the ground floor has an L-shaped layout.
At the front of the space, a family dining table sits in between a small kitchen area and a banquette seating bench that forms a lounge.
View rest of the house below.
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