House in Chithose
LEVEL Architects

House in Chitose Funabashi

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Audio, guitar, movie, bicycle, and scuba diving. The desire of client who has versatile hobbies was a play room with the ceiling height of 3-meters.


In case of construction of 3-stories in urban city, it is often cut down by the north side slash. However, it was able to keep the shape not cut down without the slash limitation applying though they were three stories because it faced the north side road. It is solved to keep the ceiling height of 3-meters by lowering 1st floor level by 600mm.


To enhance the soundproofing, the first floor was made by reinforced concrete. The wall in the direction of the digit makes everything a bookshelf, and makes the effect of absorption of sound. In the direction of the gable with the window, it is set up the buffer zone, and the glass of window reduce the effect of the sound leakage. Moreover, in the veranda that functions as a buffer zone, it is a place where the bicycle of the hobby is decorated. It was additionally-casted concrete in the place where the speaker and the amplifier were set up,. And flooring was pasted to there directly. The flooring also disowns it because it doesn't tell the vibration excluding the installation location. The wall of outside is fair-faced concrete, however the wall of inside play room show gentle expression because the wall was made use of formwork of the cryptomeria board with UDUKURI (stood out woodgraining by brushing). It is expected a little effect also by the reverberating sound because there is a ruggedness in the surface.


On the second floor,LDK is arranged for direction of the south-north. The balcony was made on the south north both sides, and it became the space where it is able to get the wind in. Especially, the south balcony is "Outside blow-by" connected with the bath of the third floor, and it is more enhanced in the sense of openness. It is a practicable balcony where the thing used on the day of rain can be done because eaves greatly hang to the third floor part.


The bedroom and the washroom has been compactly brought together in the third floor. It was built deep eaves in the south side. In the bedroom, it is produced comfortable shade in summer. In the bathroom terrace, the screen of the opening and shutting type was set up it was imaged like SHITOIMI-DO (Fittings that place board between center, and built lattice into the inside and outside) which can change open or close if necessary. It is a changeable outside space according to the usage.


From the goodness of conditions of location, not only the lighting but also ventilation is preeminent. The space was simply composed as much as possible to use the environment to its maximum, and it became a very pleasant house.

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