19 Eylül 2013 Perşembe

The Pit House – Okayama, Japan

picture 6274 The Pit House Okayama, Japan


The stark honesty of Hiroshima-born and -based 38-year-old architect Keisuke Maeda’s perform is breathtaking.


The Pit House residence he made for a client in Okayama, Japan, is a startling steel-structured 138 square-meter (1487 sq.ft.) “cave” that was constructed into the hillside website, but it enables the residents 360-degree views of the surrounding location and its buildings.


picture 5271 The Pit House Okayama, Japan


This is achieved by mounting the above-the-surface portion of the structure on 50 branch-like poles, making a surround skylight for the amphitheater inside.


pithouse The Pit House Okayama, Japan


The Pit is a single of these residences that one would definitely want to pay a visit to, not just during the day but at night. There is an observatory-like feel to the space, but the inside looks entirely comfortable.


The structure’s boxy surface silhouette hides stunning, snail-like curving walls, and in spite of getting mostly underground, the residence is filled with light and openness.


picture 4829 The Pit House Okayama, Japan


Pit is definitely not the word we’d use to describe this fantastic structure, but probably that name is component of that honesty we so enjoy about Maeda. - Tuija Seipell


picture 9224 The Pit House Okayama, Japan



The Pit House – Okayama, Japan

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