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House of Slope by FujiwaraMuro Architects
A sloping corridor coils around the inside of a house in Osaka to connect three staggered storeys.
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The house was designed by Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects and is located in a dense urban area.
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Timber columns and criss-crossing metal braces support both the stepped and sloped floors.
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The 25 metre-long ramp leads past clusters of rooms for each family member to a rooftop balcony with a skylight.
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Another Japanese house previously featured on Dezeen is surrounded by staircases and slides, rather than ramps - see the story here and see all our stories about houses in Japan here.
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Photography is by Toshiyuki Yano.
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Here are some more details from the architects:
House of Slope
This residential project is built on a flag-shaped site in Osaka surrounded by densely packed buildings.
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Even when faced with these challenging site conditions, we felt that it would be possible to come up with an interesting design solution based on a structure that appears to “float” in a large, open space.
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By ensuring a continuous sense of spatial circulation through the flag-shaped portion of the site, the inhabitants of the house are able to “drift” through their favorite spaces like goldfish in a bowl.
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The sloping structure that extends from the first floor through the second and up until the roof – covering a length of some 25 meters over approximately one-and-a-half revolutions – allows the family members to distribute themselves across its entire length, each occupying a different section of the building.
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Several beams offer structural support for the wooden slope and spiral-shaped floors of the building, creating a residential space made up of ambiguously demarcated domains that are staggered apart yet also integrated with each other, thereby achieving a sense of breadth and openness.
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Location: Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Principle use: single family house
Site area: 103.91 m2
Building area: 52.17 m2
Total floor area: 107.49 m2
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Project architect: Shintaro Fujiwara, Yoshio Muro
Project team: fujiwaramuro Architects
Structure: Timber
Photographer: Toshiyuki Yano