Tato Architects’ New Project in Sonobe
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Japanese studio Tato Architects has recently built a house in the town of Sonobe, Japan, with a sunroom that opens up to the garden by sliding open a huge corrugated polycarbonate wall.Headed by architect Yo Shimada, the Kobe-based studio designed the buildinTato Architects’ New Project in Sonobe
Japanese studio Tato Architects has recently built a house in the town of Sonobe, Japan, with a sunroom that opens up to the garden by sliding open a huge corrugated polycarbonate wall.Headed by architect Yo Shimada, the Kobe-based studio designed the building for a plot within a recently developed residential area in the mountainous Funai district.Shimada has designed a property in Osaka featuring layered platforms without any internal walls that was awarded the Dezeen Award for House of the Year 2018. The architect was inspired by the ad-hoc additions to local homes.Shimada said, “These so-called ‘terrace enclosures’ are often used as storehouses in winter, or as places for drying laundry – a clever feature, that we realised represents a certain style shared among the various new mass-produced houses of this residential district.”“We incorporated a terrace with wide eaves and other semi-outdoor spaces into the interior of the house,” said Shimada. “Our expectation was that these would act as interfaces between the surrounding environments.”The building’s floor plan has been arranged as a square grid, with internal walls angled at 45 degrees to the main elevations used to divide the interior into different functional zones. The angled partitions create a variety of spaces around the perimeter of the building that are either open to the elements or can be connected with outside if required.Shimada is known for his imaginative approach to residential architecture. His studio’s previous projects have included a house comprising a stack of offset horizontal boxes, and a refurbished property where the internal walls are replaced with curving plywood screens. Yo Shimada founded Tato Architects in 1997, after he graduated from KCUA. As a student, he completed a number of designs and build architecture projects at the school. Based in his home town of Kobe, Tato Architects undertakes projects throughout various locations in Japan. The projects are mainly private houses; however, in recent years the office has taken on assignments for interior and installation work as well. The ideology of the practice is to formulate positive outcomes through understanding the subtle conditions and constraints of everyday life, which exist within notions of place, culture, and the ongoing history of architecture. https://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more