I'm home

The Y residence stands in a quiet residential area in Shizuoka city, Shizuoka prefecture. This wooden house also has an atelier and a gallery for the wife, who works as a ceramic artist. On the 1st floor, there is an atelier, and on the 2nd floor is the residential space. The gallery is located on the cloister slope which connects the two floors.
Architect Tomoyuki Utsumi employed a curtain wall for the west side in addition to the south side, which faces the frontal road. A curtain wall is normally difficult to do with timber construction. At the same time, a golden proportion was altered on the parallelogram along the inclination angle of the slope. By doing this, the gallery is accentuated as a public space and became a finely elevated surface in the home.
When you go around the slope that extends out from the entrance, you enter the atelier that houses a kiln and a potter's wheel. A workshop is situated in the most deep-set place, the wife can concentrate on her work in the even light that comes in from the north side. Moreover, there is a staircase that leads to the 2nd floor. On the 2nd floor, a living room and a dining room are combined into one room, creating a bright space. Beyond the terrace which faces the north side, there is a panoramic view of beautiful mountains.

Architect: milligram architectural studio

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