Sliding doors: get into the groove ... with Tezuka architects.Tezuka have done great things with sliding doors. The Engawa House (AR September 2005) demonstrated not only the practical benefits of removing one side of a home to exploit the relationship between inside and out along the length of a narrow plot, but also the beauty of weathering, as the timber deck is seen to leave traces of its exposure to the effects of rain and shine with a staggered tide mark articulating the integrated parallel tracks. This house sees the idea turn a corner, literally, extending this concept along two facades; not rocket science rocket science n. 1. Rocketry. 2. Informal An endeavor requiring great intelligence or technical ability. , perhaps, but nevertheless beautifully executed. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The house is called the Eaves House, for obvious reasons, and is set within a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. Located on the edge of a flood plain that was colonised Adj. 1. colonised - inhabited by colonists colonized, settled inhabited - having inhabitants; lived in; "the inhabited regions of the earth" for housing many years ago, today the river is almost untraceable, existing as a small stream along the westernmost edge of the site. Despite this, its very presence is signficant, however discrete, bringing benefit to the plot by maintaining extensive views to the west; a rare treat in the dense Tokyo suburbs. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To exploit these views to maximum effect there is no column at the south-west corner, allowing the spaces to flow from inside to out across the timber deck that extends right up to the edge of the site. The asymmetry Asymmetry A lack of equivalence between two things, such as the unequal tax treatment of interest expense and dividend payments. in plan that is derived from this eccentricity eccentricity, in astronomy: see orbit. Eccentricity Addams Family weird family, presented in grotesque domesticity. [TV: Terrace, I, 29] Boynton, Nanny travels with set of Encyclopaedia Britannica , is further exaggerated with the main accommodation being pushed tight against the opposing edge, allowing the external space to extend as an L-shaped garden around the house. While the spatial distinction between inside and out clearly exists, the architects have made every attempt to unify 1. (database, product) Unify - A relational database produced by Unify Corporation. 2. (algorithm) unify - To perform unification. the internal and external spaces, and to blurr the boundaries between, with the single level deck being the most obvious device, augmented by more subtle moves such as the decision to make the walls parallel to the plot's crooked crook·ed adj. 1. Having or marked by bends, curves, or angles. 2. Informal Dishonest or unscrupulous; fraudulent. crook geometry geometry [Gr.,=earth measuring], branch of mathematics concerned with the properties of and relationships between points, lines, planes, and figures and with generalizations of these concepts. . All in all, a very smooth operation. R.G. |
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