Y House is a small house designed by Japanese architect TOFU in Obama, Fukui, Japan. There is a vacant lot around the site. So, by creating a large window on the second floor, it is possible to see paddy fields, mountains, sky and feel to spread over a floor area.
This plan has high ceilings and large living with cross sections of two small rooms. By the relationship between great room and small room, TOFU created many different places in the small house. The house is wrapped with galvalume, the black masses standing quietly in vacant lot are familiar with the countryside.
Y House, image courtesy TOFU | Photo by Dan Imai
Y House, image courtesy TOFU | Photo by Dan Imai
Y House, image courtesy TOFU | Photo by Dan Imai
Y House - Floor plans, drawing courtesy TOFU
+ Project credits / data
Project: Y House
Location: Obama, Fukui, Japan
Architects: TOFU | http://www.tofu-ao.com/
Project Architect: Fumiya Ogawa + Tomonobu Higashino
Site Area: 253.24 sqm
Project Area: 80.46 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Dan Imai
+ About
TOMONOBU HIGASHINO + FUMIYA OGAWA, image courtesy TOFU
TOMONOBU HIGASHINO
1979 Born in Fukui, Japan
2004 Completed the Master Course, Kansai University
2004-08 Urban Form Architects Office
2009- TOFU ARCHITECTS
FUMIYA OGAWA
1979 Born in Tokushima, Japan
2004 Completed the Master Course, Kansai University
2004-07 Compas Architects
2007-08 Freelance
2009- TOFU Architects
WORKS
2008 K-House in Hikone, Shiga, Japan
2010 TSUKIHEN in Osaka, Japan
2010 SUGAYA in Osaka, Japan
2010 Y-House in Obama, Fukui, Japan
2010 N-House in Otsu, Shiga, Japan
AWARDS
2004 Reform&Conversion contest award
2008 DIKIN airstyle contest award
+ All images and drawings courtesy TOFU | Photo by Dan Imai
