Stealth-house

Designed by architect Makoto Tenidzhiri family in Saijo, Japan.
It will be another 11 shots, with little description, via Milena





According Tenidzhiri customers - young couple and their three children, wanted a unique house in which an open public part of the preserve privacy.
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The site was excavated under the house, in order to "drown" the lower floor
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Soil from the excavation was used to create a protective barrier around the perimeter, and acted as an organic base at home.
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Formed barrier is both visually and physically, and was established to create an unusual appearance.
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"Sunken" level of the house is a communal; the perimeter is made of exposed concrete glossy.
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Four V-shaped steel beams were placed at each corner of the first floor to support the design and the other two levels. Sunken level - open plan and consists of a living room, kitchen and dining room. Although a meter below ground level, the light comes in sufficient quantity as Tanijiri put windows in all four directions.
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Stairs without railings of wood leads to the first floor where the master bedroom and bathroom; also neatly hidden toilet on the ground floor.
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The master bedroom has a terrace, which is embedded in the surface of such a pyramid structure, thus allowing natural light to penetrate freely into the home.
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The 11th and final shot



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