自建房丨日本岩手丨NoMaDoS,Bethany Architects,TILe

Architects:NoMaDoS

Area:120m²

Year:2022

Photographs:Kentaro Yoshida Photography Studio

Category:Houses

Design:NoMaDoS / Naoya Yoshikawa, Fumi Osaka, Hikaru Chiba

Environmental Design:NoMaDoS / Ryosuke Takahashi

Structural Design:Bethany Architects / Shigeki Sasaki

Lighting Design:TILe / Tairyo Iwakabe

Construction:Iwai Kozue Construction Co., Ltd.

City:Morioka

Country:Japan

Text description provided by the architects. Located in a residential neighbourhood of Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, this newly built single-story house is home to a family of four.

With two children and their father dedicated to baseball practice, the family requested a home that could accommodate daily indoor drying of large amounts of laundry. To protect privacy while minimising household workflow for a busy family juggling work, chores, and sports, a large sunroom was placed at the heart of the home.

The sunroom features a motorised clothes-drying pole that can be raised or lowered to any desired height with the simple flick of a switch. This sunroom also serves as a children's play area. Opening the set of four sliding doors, it connects seamlessly with the living room, creating one large space for entertaining guests.

We envisioned a home where various joys could be savoured at its centre—like a sandwich—by surrounding a tall, chimney-like, yet roomy corridor (the sunroom) with the other living spaces.

A large sunroom that serves multiple purposes: laundry drying, a children's play area, a space for playing catch, and accommodating unexpected guests.

A large, motorised, height-adjustable clothes-drying pole that handles the laundry volume of a sports-loving family while making efficient use of space.

Large ground-level windows that allow the family to enjoy the greenery of the garden while avoiding sightlines from neighbouring homes in the residential area.

A simple, single-story layout with no level differences, designed for easy cleaning with robotic vacuums in mind.

A floor plan that achieves a compact household workflow by connecting the bathroom, wash area, walk-through closet, and sunroom in one continuous loop.

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