Light Walls House Japan

Creating walls of light 05 jul 2014.

Light walls house japan. Positioned tightly between neighboring buildings the wooden house is filled with daylight through perimeter skylights resulting in a uniform distributed light that creates the a unique soft and calm atmosphere that makes the exposed. Japanese houses didn t use historically use glass resulting in some interesting methods of natural lighting. The single family house designed by ma style architects in toyokawa city sought to create a uniformly lit space by playing with the way the daylight flows in and the light is directed. The roof beams narrow the sunlight and the slightly angled clapboard interior walls with laminated wood reflect and diffuse the light.

A shoji is a sliding panel that is made of translucent paper in a wooden frame. The light walls house designed by ma style architects in toyokawa city stands in a shaded location next to a two storey house on its south side. According to the architects the site is in a shady location and gives an impression of darkness with the houses around intensifying the shadows. Positioned in a shady location between two neighbouring buildings in aichi japan the wooden house couldn t have many windows so ma style architects added skylights around each side of the flat.

In both of these houses from the architects at ma style are prime examples of this utilizing different levels angles and a contrast of open spaces and cozy nooks they have created two unique homes that reflect japanese sensibility and. Designed by the japanese office ma style architects the light walls house is a beautiful and minimal house located in toyokawa japan. Today i d like to explore early prototypes including philip johnson s brick house and the seagram building. They are used for both interior and exterior walls.

They help to give japanese houses their character by allowing diffuse light and shadows through. The translucent acrylic panels cover the entire ceiling of the single storey house. As a result soft and uniformly distributed light is created.