T-Square Design Associates

川西市内の40年ほど前に分譲が開始された、古い住宅街の一角での計画である。敷地周辺では、分譲当時に建てられた、ハウスメーカーの初期型のプレハブ住宅が多く残る一方で、建替えも進んでおり、新旧の住宅が入り混じった住宅街である。敷地は整形地で3方が2階建て住宅に囲まれているという、ある種どこにでもある条件下で何が出来るか検討した結果、周囲とできるだけ調和させつつも、他とは差別化が図れる建物を計画した。建物の高さは周囲の建物と高さを大体合わせ、屋根形状もシンプルな片流れとすることで、周囲との調和を図っている。屋根形状がシンプルな分、逆に屋根下に位置する壁を、数枚に分け、それぞれの壁の位置をずらすことで、幾つかの面を創り、全体に動きを持たせ、周辺建物との差別化を図っている。

構造：有限会社CASE
写真：絹巻豊

This project is for a corner of an old residential area in Kawanishi City where subdivision began about 40 years ago. While many early prefabricated houses built by house manufacturers at the time of subdivision remain around the site, reconstruction is also underway, resulting in a residential area with a mixture of old and new houses. The site is a regular shaped lot and is surrounded on three sides by two-story houses. After considering what could be done under these somewhat common conditions, we came up with a plan for a building that would blend in as much as possible with the surroundings while also being differentiated from others. The height of the building is roughly the same as the surrounding buildings, and the roof shape is a simple single slope, which allows it to blend in with the surroundings. Because the roof shape is simple, the wall located under the roof has been divided into several pieces and the position of each wall has been shifted to create several surfaces, giving the building movement as a whole and differentiating it from the surrounding buildings.

Structure：CASE, Ltd.
Photo：Yutaka Kinumaki