Completed in 2012 in okayama japan.
Roof house tezuka.
We want you to make a roof house for five hundred kindergarten pupils we had been introduced by kashiwa sato a creative director who loves the roof house.
When they came to commission a new dwelling from the young partnership of takaharu and yui tezuka the notion of the roof as an external room became the starting point for the design.
When we made the roof house the husband eliminated the balustrades by merely saying there.
To provide a roof house for 500 children.
Completed in 2009 in japan.
A house with table chairs kitchen shower and stove on top of the roof.
A very delicate work by tezuka architects.
There are no balustrades in the roof house.
Takaharu tezuka 手塚 貴晴 tezuka takaharu born 23 february 1964 is a japanese architect.
The client s brief for this kindergarten was a simple one liner.
1f this house boasts chairs a table a kitchen and a shower on its rooftop.
Tezuka does things very differently to sou fujimoto they put the client s needs first and their houses are not so aggressive.
It is easy to see that this is a very comfortable house to live in and that it incorporates the nature around it and have great views out.
The kindergarten directors said that it would be good if this kindergarten building also had no balustrades.
Projects by tezuka architects include the roof house echigo matsunoyama museum of natural science fuji kindergarten and woods of net.
Roof top house by tezuka architects 2001 plan view of roof top house by tezuka architects 2001 is there any designer and or architect from the past you appreciate a lot.
In their previous house the family appropriated the roof as an informal outdoor terrace extending their living area.
Their recent awards include japan institute of architects prize 2009.
Having visited tezuka architects roof house in hadano ar october 2001 and having discussed the balance of practicality and delight with its owners the kindergarten directors wanted their own inhabited roof deck.
Images by katsuhisa kida fototeca.
The house is located at the bottom of a hill.
Each family member has their own skylight with ladder to climb up to the roof.
In 1994 he and his wife yui tezuka founded the tokyo based firm tezuka architects.
Each family member enjoys his own.
The request from the kindergarten directors was extremely simple in content.
