Text description provided by the architects. In the surrounding is the countryside landscape, in a 53 yr old Japanese house of 80 tsubos, the young couple and their children purchased it for residence and decided to renovate.

Making the new concept of living a new life in a 53 yr old Japanese house 53 years ago and continuing to the next generation, we can hope to harmonize between the good ancient things with new things and thought of a house that can interconnect the middle area.

Lower Floor Plan

First of all, we removed the part which was expanded and renovated in the 53 years of construction, returned to the original ricefield character style, and tried to insert new elements there.

Upper Floor Plan

The Original Japanese style room was made into a garden, and the edge side was made to be outside, adding external factors, creating a comfort of the space where various elements interweave. The rich space was created by externalizing the interior and inserting new things while leaving the old stuff.

© Kenta Kawamura

• Architects

  ALTS Design Office

• Location

  Ritto, Japan

• Category

  Houses Interiors

• Area

  260.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Kenta Kawamura