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River House
By : SAAD - sudo associates, architecture and design
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN – 14e édition
Discipline : Architecture
Categories : Residential Building / Single-Family Home : Silver Certification
A walk in nature is a sensory encounter of uneven earth, vistas of mountains and trees and the gurgling sounds of water bodies. The River House abstracts this multi-faceted trajectory into the domestic sphere, enriching the rhythms of daily life and heightening awareness to changes in season, colours of nature and time of day. Situated in the region of Niseko in Hokkaido, Japan, the house segues into its context rather than strictly delineate shelter and land.
The site has views of the symbolic Mt. Yotei and Shiribetsu River toward the east, forests up north and the sunflower-coloured Niseko Bridge down south. River House’s programs are arranged with this context in mind. Entering the front door, one is greeted with a view of Mt. Yotei before turning the corner to meet another natural scene at the end of a long corridor. The architectural tectonics corresponds with the internal planning: two long walls travel north-south along the plan’s length while eight shorter, perpendicular walls steer views toward Mt. Yotei. Disengaged from the long wall, the shorter walls are read as planes, encouraging fluid movement through the space.
Collaboration
SAAD - sudo associates, architecture and design
Sagae Mechanical Engineer Ltd.
KAWASHIMA SELKON TEXTILES CO,LTD.