T-Square Design Associates

阪神淡路大震災で被災し、新築で建て替えた木造２階建て単世帯住宅を数年前にリノベーションし、親世帯と子世帯が共に暮らす２世帯住宅に変化していた家を、この度、家族それぞれの生活様式の変化と共に、更なるニーズに合わせた新たな分離型２世帯住宅へとリノベーションするという計画である。リノベーションというと間取りが変わったり、仕上げ素材が変わったりして、元の空間とは全く違う空間が現れるが、それだけではない「何か」に着目する事で、印象の違う空間へと導けないか。そして、その「何か」とは、自然光であると考え、自然光をコントロールすることをテーマに掲げ、大きさやピッチが違う様々な格子を開口部や光の通り道に配置し、室内光量を調整することで、柔らかい光が空間を満たす。仕上素材というのは自然光を活かす為の脇役に過ぎない。格子や布を透過した光は柔らかさが増し、その空間を時間と共に支配する。そして自然光に支配された空間は静寂が漂う凛とした雰囲気を醸し出す。

写真：中村写真工房　中村大輔

This is a renovation of a house that was rebuilt in 1996 after the earthquake which occurred in 1995. The old house was severely damaged by the earthquake and had to be rebuilt. The house that was built then was for a family of four and their grandparents. However, time passed by and family members have changed. The owner who rebuilt the house then now has become the new grandparents and their elementary school son then is now married along with a child. So, due to their new needs, the son decided to split the house in two zones, one for their own and the other for grandparents. The task for the architect was to bring more natural light into the interior since it’s darkness was one of the issues that had to be solved. Moreover, in order to maximize the effect of natural light, finish materials were carefully chosen to absorb natural light and louvers were used with a combination of a void that was newly put into the space. As a consequence, very soft natural light domains most space along with shadow making the space more deep and silent.
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Photo：Nakamura Photo Studio (Daisuke Nakamura)