The stark honesty of Hiroshima-born and -based 38-year-old architect Keisuke Maeda’s function 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 built into the hillside website, however it makes it possible for the residents 360-degree views of the surrounding area and its buildings.
This is achieved by mounting the above-the-surface element of the structure on 50 branch-like poles, generating a surround skylight for the amphitheater inside.
The Pit is one of these residences that one would totally want to go to, not just throughout the day but at evening. There is an observatory-like feel to the space, yet the inside looks completely 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.
Pit is certainly not the word we’d use to describe this superb structure, but perhaps that name is element of that honesty we so enjoy about Maeda. - Tuija Seipell
The Pit Residence – Okayama, Japan
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