Dans le quartier historique de Kyoto, les architectes japonais Kentaro Takeguchi et Asako Yamamoto fondateurs du studio Alphaville, bousculent les codes de la maison de ville traditionnelle japonaise, étroite et sombre. Ils ont imaginé des cloisons intérieures en bois clair aux formes polyédriques basées sur des concepts logiques et des fonctions multiples.
Photos © Kei Sugino et K. Takeguchi
+ Via Alphaville
Habituellement tendues dans le sens vertical et horizontal, les cloisons sont ici multidimensionnelles et connectent les pièces sur trois étages. L’espace ainsi créé forme une pièce en continu avec des nuances dynamiques: il est à la fois spacieux et hétérogène.
Les cloisons servent de réflecteurs, laissant entrer la lumière naturelle au nord et au sud pour inonder l’intérieur sombre de la maison et brouillent la frontière entre architecture et mobilier, se fondant dans les planchers et les plafonds.
À propos : « The most characteristic feature of this house is the polyhedral form of the partition walls. They are not made by intuition but are based on logical concepts and perform multiple functions.
First, the partition walls, normally extended in the vertical and horizontal directions, have multidimensionality and loosely connect the rooms on the three floors. The space thus created is one continuous room with dynamic nuances: it is simultaneously spacious and heterogeneous.
Second, the partition walls serve as reflectors of natural light. They softly reflect the natural light coming from both the north and south sides and bring it to the otherwise dark interior of the building. Finally, the partition walls blur the boundary between architecture and furniture, thus stimulating perception and behaviour. Melt into floors and ceilings, the plywood-finished walls offer enjoyable experiences of touching and passing. The house as a whole is a machine for living, like playground equipment.
Influence in Asia
Because of the landscape regulations and the physical context of the neighbourhood, we inherited the traditional form and composition of townhouses. But at the same time, this house overcome the negative aspects of townhouses. The wooden structure of townhouses cannot afford to have large openings on the short sides of the building as well as on floors. Consequently, the interior is dark and communications of people are limited to the horizontal direction.
In this project, it is the steel rigid frame and the polyhedral partition walls that enable to overcome the drawbacks of typical townhouses. Large openings on the walls and the floors, along with the partitions, allow natural light to diffuse multidirectionally, and encourage three dimensional communications and movements.
Freed from the constraints of the old system, occupants can have various relations with each other and place, and a new lifestyle in the historical area of Kyoto emerges. »
Etonnant et super bien finie cette maison qui s’amuse à se jouer de nos sens en déformant les perspectives, même si de l’extérieur rien n’y parrait.
Ambiance ZEN quoique déroutante………….mais j’aime!
Alphaville?…….BIG in Japan!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c98qdFQF7sw
le lien est parfait Janus.
J’adore FLO
the lines are dashing at first glance. but hasn’t this phase of random jagged faces being treated a cool design without justification passed long time ago ?
none of the normal furnitures would fit into those walls. as you can see almost no furnitures in the space.
it is just too inefficient and unjustified. you may like it if you don’t have to live there or just show it to your friends, but not living there.
the logical concepts described above are just masturbating.
Those wooden walls create comfortable and homey environment. but I must agree with above commenter about the furniture.
Chris devrait mieux regarder le projet, et il ou elle verrait qu’aucun choix formel n’est gratuit, mais, notamment, mu par la volonté de guider au mieux la lumière autour des circulations verticales, en jouant par exemple avec les reflets variant suivant l’inclinaison des panneaux menuisés. Il ou elle verrait également que les meubles les plus trivialement fonctionnels ont trouvé leur place, et que ce qu’il en reste, c’est un somptueux travail plastique, solidement réfléchi, parfaitement justifié, et dont l’expérience fera pour longtemps le bonheur de ses occupants.
Plus personnel pour finir: contrairement à ce qui a pu être colporté ici ou là, que Chris soit rassuré(e) et s’y adonne sans retenue: ça n’a jamais rendu sourd quiconque.
Je trouve cette maison magique, entre réalité et BD d’anticipation. Une conception qui pourrait résoudre tous mes problèmes, gout de l’ordre, de chaque chose à une place, chaque pièce à une fonction, mais peut se confondre à la suivante, et on passe de l’une à l’autre sans contrainte. J’adore!
Je ne sais si Google traduit bien la langue de notre Proust phocéen. Notre decorateur textuel à un côté Pierre Doze , je dirais même Over Doze car à la difference de l’écriture complexe de Pierre qui est parfaitement claire à la deuxième lecture, celle de Maurice me donne toujours envie d’en découdre l’ étoffe brillante pour en faire ressortir un propos plus éclairant.
Chris should better look at the draft, and he or she would no formal choice is free, but in particular driven by the desire to better guide the light around the vertical circulation, such as playing with the reflections vary according the inclination of the window fittings. He or she can also see that the most trivial functional furniture found their place, and that what remains is a sumptuous visual work, well thought out perfectly justified, and whose experience will long for happiness its occupants.
More staff to complete: contrary to what has been peddled here and there, be reassured that Chris (e) and indulges without restraint: it never left him deaf person.
ProfZ, I’m sorry I don’t speak French. it looks like you were trying to translate maupado’s word for me, but I also don’t get it.
from the text above, it said « Second, the partition walls serve as reflectors of natural light. Theys Softly Reflect the natural light coming from the north and south Both Sides and Otherwise bring it to the dark interior of the building »
but from the photos shown above, don’t you think it even make the space darker ? look at the daytime photo. the corners are all dark, and the stairways are dark. I think the jagged faces create more shadows then reflection.
it’s almost like being in a cave. I know the house is tight , but I think the design made it darker.
I think the lightings look good at night, but its still dark too.
a simple lighting simulation calculating lx and comparing few cases including this design would have been nice,
but I bet this one would be one of the darkest solution.
If it was intended to make it darker, I think it worked.
I didn’t know if anyone agreed, but just my thought.
Yes, « shadows »…So, may be Alphaville just read « In Praise of Shadows » by Junishiro Tanizaki.
sorry google translate dunnot translate Maupado